Sam Allardyce's hopes of new West Ham contract depend on Premier League safety West Ham have made an encouraging start to the campaign with eight points from the opening five league matches as they prepare to face Queens Park Rangers away on Monday night. Allardyce is believed to earn around £2 million-a-year and also received a significant bonus for gaining promotion. He is due another six-figure payment should West Ham avoid relegation and there are other incentives based on cup runs and achievements. West Ham will resist any demand from Allardyce that he receives a pay increase, however, on any new deal and will argue that not only has he been well-remunerated but that the club is still battling to reduce the crippling debts inherited by owners David Sullivan and David Gold. Allardyce is confident that West Ham will not go down and is understood to accept that if they do then he has failed and cannot expect to stay at the club. If he is offered a new contract it is likely to be heavily incentivised on where West Ham then finish in the league. There have been persistent rumours that West Ham's owners may be seeking a change of management and, as much as they admire Allardyce and the way he has galvanised the club, that his style of football has jarred with supporters. The availability of former manager Harry Redknapp has led to suggestions that he might return to Upton Park. This has been denied with West Ham insisting they fully support Allardyce and the owners are not in the habit of firing managers and have no intention of making any change before the end of this season.