Sam Allardyce departs Leeds after Premier League relegation - The Telegraph 1/6/23
Allardyce and the club engaged in talks after the end of the season to ascertain whether both were 'aligned' with each other
By Mike McGrath
Sam Allardyce will leave his role as Leeds United head coach
following talks with the club in the aftermath of the club’s relegation from the Premier
League.
Allardyce, 68, met with club CEO Angus Kinnear for scheduled
talks over his four games at the club where he failed to get the club out of
the bottom three. It is understood the former England manager will not be
staying on in his short-term role.
After survival experience with Bolton Wanderers and
Sunderland, Allardyce was the man Leeds turned to as a last roll of the dice
after dismissing Jesse Marsch and interim manager Javi Gracia. But the
new-manager bounce could only bring one point against Newcastle and defeats
against Manchester City, West Ham and Tottenham confirmed their return to the
Championship.
In the final week of the season Allardyce revealed he would
speak to the club after the season to see whether they were “aligned” with each
other, which did not rule out the possibility of staying beyond his 25 days in
charge.
But Leeds are now set to look for a new appointment as head
coach as they plot a way back to the top-flight having spent 16 years in the
EFL after their last relegation from the Premier League. They are also
considering whether they need to appoint a new director of football after
Victor Orta left the club during the changes during the final part of the
season.
