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Report: West Brom set sights on ‘phenomenal’ 53-year-old as potential Sam Allardyce replacement

Giuseppe Labellarte

Tue 11 May 2021 9:15, UK

West Bromwich Albion are planning for life in the Championship and a new manager could be on the cards given Sam Allardyce’s uncertain fut🔴ure at The Hawthorns.

According ꦡto the , the 66-year-old will be holding discussions with West Brom this week ov෴er whether he will be the man to lead the club into the new season or not.

Allardyce, who penned an 18-month deal in December, has a break clause in his contract which he and the club both have the power to activate in the event💜 of relegation.

In case he does leave, then the Baggies have a shortlist of potential replacements and, according to , former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder is one of💙 the names.

The 53-year-old took his boyho💮od club from League One to ninth place in the Premier League, but left in Mar👍ch with the Blades freefalling towards relegation.

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Wilder’s time at Bramall Lane may have ended on a low note but he’ll always be remembered by the fans as a top coach who took his boyhood club from the third tier to the top flight an🍸d had them punching above their wei♕ght for a season.

Steve McClaren sang Wilder’s praises in March last year, telling Sky Sports – via : “I remember when I was at QPR and they beat us and I thought ‘thisꦗ is a team, this’.

“I said ‘how are you doing and everything’ and he said ‘we’re a team ��which needs to be 100 percent, every player, every week. If wꦅe are 99 percent or 98, we lose games. We need to be 100 percent’.

“And what he’s doing, he’s getting 100 percent – it’s phenomenal – (first)💦 in the Championship and now in the Premier League.”

As for West Brom, they’ll need a manager who knows what it takes to navigate the marathon tಞhat is the second tier, and if Allardyce doesn’t stay, then Wilder is certainly a good shout.