Football Paper Round: Sam Allardyce believes he is about to be sacked as England manager.

Sam Allardyce 'tells friends' he's expecting to be sacked

The 61-year-old was left reeling on Monday night by revelations from an undercover report by the Daily Telegraph, in which he negotiated a £400,000-a-year deal to do talks with a fictional company in the Far East. He also branded rules on third-party ownership of players "ridiculous" and suggested that it was "not a problem" to find ways around them.

 

Many newspaper analysts wrote on Tuesday morning that Allardyce has a 50-50 chance of being fired by the FA, who apparently met the manager last night and will do so again on Tuesday morning.

And a report in The Sun claims that the ex-Sunderland manager believes that he is in the firing line.

"Sam Allardyce has told friends he thinks he will be sacked as England manager," the paper declares.

"Allardyce, who replaced Roy Hodgson as manager in July, was quizzed by FA chiefs on Monday.

"And after the meeting he told friends he believes the England bosses will sack him before next week’s World Cup qualifier with Malta."

Chelsea target £25m-rated Keane

Antonio Conte has pinpointed Burnley centre-back Michael Keane as the player to solve the Blues' defensive woes, according to the Mirror. Chelsea's back-line has been shambolic at times this season and Roman Abramovich is reportedly willing to pay up to £25m for Keane, who left Manchester United for just £2m in 2015 before excelling with the Clarets en-route to the Premier League. 

Source: Eurosport