Sam Allardyce is “the right person” to manage England, according to Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.
“He is more than ready,” Mourinho said of the current Sunderland manager. “He is a good motivator and can create a good team spirit.”
Ex-Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp told: “I was so bored watching the Euros. He’ll get the players playing at a Premier League style and pace.”
Allardyce’s arrangement is relied upon to be affirmed in the not so distant future.
The Football Association’s three-man choice board of Martin Glenn, David Gill, and Dan Ashworth told Thursday’s full FA executive meeting of their choice, which was endorsed.
Transactions are proceeding on the 61-year-old’s reserved alcove staff, pay and a remuneration bundle for Sunderland – where Allardyce has one year staying on his agreement.
Mourinho, talking on United’s pre-season voyage through China, included: “I wish him the best. I promise to try and supply him players and try to make sure the English players are always available in good condition.”
Redknapp, who was a contender for the England work before the arrangement of Roy Hodgson in 2012, likewise talked about Allardyce’s style.
“He will get the ball in the box, he’ll get crosses in, he’ll get shots in. People get carried away with this image of Sam,” said the 69-year-old.
Allardyce is second just to Redknapp as the most experienced English director in the Premier League, regarding recreations oversaw – Allardyce has managed 467 matches to Redknapp’s 641.
In any case, Redknapp, who last oversaw at club level with QPR in 2015, cautioned that the experience of being the national group manager would posture distinctive difficulties.
“You don’t get much time with players. It doesn’t give him a huge amount of time to get the lads playing the style he wants, so, of course, he’ll have to do it quicker than he’s done at club level,” he added.
Then, Sven-Goran Eriksson, who drove England to the quarter-finals of three noteworthy competitions somewhere around 2001 and 2006, said “Sam’s been in English football for a long time. He’s always been doing very well.”
Allardyce was met for the England work by the Football Association (FA) when Eriksson left after the 2006 World Cup.
“If the FA want an Englishman, he is one of several good names,” said Eriksson. “I wish him the best of luck. I know he is very organised. He knows all the players and he wants the job.”
Eriksson said that an outcome like England’s Euro 2016 last-16 rout by Iceland, which prompted Roy Hodgson’s abdication, “should not happen”.
“What is successful for England? Is it quarter-final or semi-final? Winning?” asked the 68-year-old Swede, who now manages Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League.
“I know the fans and the FA are dreaming about reaching semi-finals and finals and winning a big tournament,” he said, adding that England’s World Cup triumph in 1966 was “a long time ago”.
