Allardyce pictured departing from Wembley on Tuesday

Sam Allardyce has left his post as England manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association after one match and 67 days in charge.

It follows a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.

Allardyce, 61, is also alleged to have used his role to negotiate a deal worth £400,000 to represent a Far East firm.

An FA statement said Allardyce's conduct "was inappropriate" and Gareth Southgate will take temporary charge.

"He accepts he made a significant error of judgement and has apologised," the FA said.

"This is not a decision that was taken lightly but the FA's priority is to protect the wider interests of the game and maintain the highest standards of conduct in football.

"The manager of the England men's senior team is a position which must demonstrate strong leadership and show respect for the integrity of the game at all times."

Allardyce succeeded Roy Hodgson in July following England's disastrous performance at Euro 2016 in France and becomes the national side's shortest-serving full-time manager.

Media playback is not supported on this device Sam Allardyce: 67 days in 67 seconds

What did Allardyce do?

The Daily Telegraph said Allardyce had a meeting with undercover reporters posing as businessmen before he took charge of his first England training session.

During the meeting, which was recorded on camera, it is alleged Allardyce said it was "not a problem" to bypass rules on third-party player ownership and claimed he knew of agents who were "doing it all the time".

It was further alleged that a £400,000 deal was struck for him to represent the company to Far East investors and to be a keynote speaker at events.

In the meeting, Allardyce also referred to Hodgson as "Woy", making fun of his predecessor's manner of speaking, and criticised Gary Neville, one of Hodgson's assistants.

England's shortest serving full-time managers (and the longest) Name Games in charge Time in charge Sam Allardyce 1 (2016) 67 days Steve McClaren 18 (2006-2007) One year, six months, 18 days Kevin Keegan 18 (1999-2000) One year, seven months, 17 days Terry Venables 23 (1994-1996) Two years, four months, 29 days Glenn Hoddle 28 (1996-1999) Two years, nine months Don Revie 29 (1974-1977) Three years, seven days LONGEST Walter Winterbottom 139 (1946-1962) 16 years

Allardyce apology

Allardyce met FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn on Tuesday to offer what he called a "sincere and wholehearted apology for my actions".

He explained it had been "a great honour" to be appointed England manager in July and that he was "deeply disappointed at this outcome".

"Although it was made clear during the recorded conversations that any proposed arrangements would need the FA's full approval, I recognise I made some comments which have caused embarrassment," he added.

"As part of the meeting, I was asked to clarify what I said and the context in which the conversations took place. I have co-operated fully in this regard.

"I also regret my comments with regard to other individuals."

Media playback is not supported on this device FA chairman Greg Clarke: "The things he said were inappropriate for a manager to say"

Clarke told the BBC he had not been sacked, but they had agreed his position was "untenable".

In an interview on the FA website, Glenn said Allardyce was "distraught" but that "discussing a range of issues from potential contraventions of FA rules through to personal comments frankly just don't work when you're the manager of England".

However, Glenn did add that it was a "really painful decision" as the FA believed Allardyce was "a great fit for England manager and we think could have been extremely successful".

Caretaker and successor

Allardyce said "we have to make the people and the whole country proud" after being appointed

Former Blackpool, Notts County, Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn, West Ham and Sunderland boss Allardyce won his only game in charge of the national team last month.

An injury-time goal from Liverpool's Adam Lallana gave England a 1-0 win over Slovakia in the first of their 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

Allardyce was due to announce his squad for the next round of qualifiers on Sunday but now Southgate will be in charge for four matches against Malta at Wembley (8 October), Slovenia away (11 October), Scotland at home (11 November) and Spain in a friendly (15 November) as the FA searches for a successor.

Southgate ruled himself out of the running for the England manager job prior to Allardyce's appointment but the current bookmakers' favourite may become a contender, depending on results in his caretaker spell.

Bournemouth's Eddie Howe, Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew and former Hull City boss Steve Bruce are also among the possible candidates.

Former England striker Gary Lineker tweeted about Allardyce's 100% record from his one game charge

What is third-party player ownership?

Third-party ownership occurs when investment companies take a stake in the economic rights of players.

It was described as a form of "slavery" by Michel Platini, the former president of European football's governing body Uefa.

The practice was banned by the FA in 2008 and by Fifa in May last year.

Key facts & figures

Allardyce has never won a major trophy as a manager but did secure promotion to the Premier League with both Bolton and West Ham.

He also won Division Three with Notts County in 1998.

Allardyce has a 33.6% Premier League career win percentage.

He was the 14th permanent England boss, the pinnacle of a managerial career that started at Blackpool in 1994 and has taken in 467 Premier League games.

Only Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp have managed more games in the top flight.

Allardyce has the 14th best win percentage of the 31 Englishmen to have managed at least 100 games in the Premier League.

Analysis

BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty

Sam Allardyce never made a secret of his desire and suitability to be England manager - so he will be heartbroken that the dream he harboured throughout his career is over in 67 days.

The Football Association will be equally dismayed at being plunged into uncertainty so soon after appointing the man it believed would signpost a bright future towards the World Cup in two years after the debacle of Euro 2016.

Sadly for Allardyce, the lack of judgement and loose-tongued approach that saw him caught in a Daily Telegraph sting meant events at Wembley on Tuesday were always heading towards an inevitable conclusion.

Some may have sympathy for Allardyce, gone after one victory in Slovakia and brought down by non-footballing matters, but the FA's statement spoke of the need for strong leadership and respect for the integrity of the game, and it clearly felt his behaviour was unbecoming of an England manager.</s>Sam Allardyce has left his position as manager of the England national team following a newspaper sting. Allardyce left his role on Tuesday night after he was filmed giving advice how to ‘get around’ the FA’s own regulations on third-party ownership. He spent just 67 days in charge of the side and managed just one game
• Sam Allardyce leaves ‘dream’ England manager job after one game in charge</s>Sam Allardyce’s tenure as manager of the England football team has been terminated after 67 days in charge following allegations he had offered advice on how to circumvent the English Football Association’s rules on player transfers.

Allardyce, who was appointed as Roy Hodgson’s successor in July, has left his position by mutual consent after two months and one game, the World Cup qualifying win over Slovakia.

He and his agent attended a meeting with FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn at Wembley Stadium yesterday with the hierarchy dismayed by comments the 61-year-old had made to undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph.

Allardyce, who began his managerial career at Limerick, had been filmed appearing to offer advice to the undercover reporters on how to circumvent rules on transfers at meetings held over the past month.

An FA statement read: “Sam Allardyce’s conduct was inappropriate of the England manager. He accepts he made a significant error of judgment and has apologised. However, due to the serious nature of his actions, the FA and Allardyce have mutually agreed to terminate his contract.”

Allardyce said he had “offered a sincere and wholehearted apology for my actions”.

Gareth Southgate will take charge of the team for the next four matches.</s>LONDON — Sam Allardyce left his position as England manager on Tuesday after only one match in charge over a series of damaging comments to undercover reporters that the English Football Association deemed “inappropriate.”

The FA acted swiftly after British newspaper The Daily Telegraph published video of Allardyce appearing to offer advice on how to sidestep an outlawed player transfer practice and to also negotiate a 400,000-pound ($519,000) public-speaking contract with reporters posing as businessmen.

“Allardyce’s conduct, as reported today, was inappropriate of the England manager,” the FA said in a statement. “He accepts he made a significant error of judgment and has apologised. However, due to the serious nature of his actions, the FA and Allardyce have mutually agreed to terminate his contract with immediate effect.”

The 61-year-old Allardyce was only hired on July 22 and had a contract through 2018. In charge for 67 days, he is the shortest-serving England manager.

“This is not a decision that was taken lightly but the FA’s priority is to protect the wider interests of the game and maintain the highest standards of conduct in football,” the FA statement said. “The manager of the England men’s senior team is a position which must demonstrate strong leadership and show respect for the integrity of the game at all times.”

Gareth Southgate, the manager of England’s under-21 side, will take charge of the senior team’s next four matches — against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland and Spain — while the FA searches for a new coach. After opening World Cup qualifying with a victory in Slovakia, England plays Malta on Oct. 8 and Slovenia on Oct. 11.

The Telegraph published its undercover investigation in its Tuesday edition, under the front-page headline: “England manager for sale.”

Allardyce met people he reportedly thought were representatives of an Asian firm. In a grainy, edited video, he is recorded as saying it was “not a problem” to circumvent FA rules that stop third parties from owning the economic rights of players. FIFA has banned third-party ownership as a threat to the game’s integrity because investors force transfers to make a profit.

“You can still get around it,” the former Sunderland and West Ham manager said. “I mean obviously the big money’s here.”

Allardyce told the undercover reporters that his predecessor Roy Hodgson sent players “all to sleep.” Allardyce also mimicked Hodgson’s speech impediment.

He also questioned why Prince William, who is president of the FA, did not appear at last week’s London launch of the 2020 European Championship. Wembley Stadium will host the semifinals and final of the tournament.

“It would have been nice if he’d have turned up but he obviously had more, much busier things on,” Allardyce said.</s>Sam Allardyce has stepped down from his dream job as England manager following an undercover investigation, and bookies have identified the men who could replace him as Three Lions boss.

Allardyce's short reign is over after he was was caught mocking Roy Hodgson, criticising Gary Neville and offering advice on how to get around the FA's transfer rules.

Just 67 days after being appointed in the wake of England's dismal Euro 2016 campaign, the 61-year-old has left by mutual agreement after he was secretly filmed by The Telegraph.

Moving swiftly, bookmakers are already offering odds on the next England manager.

According to Unibet UK, Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew is favourite to land the job at 3/1, followed by unemployed Steve Bruce at 6/1, Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe at 8/1 and Glenn Hoddle at 10/1.

Allardyce allegedly negotiated a £400,000 deal to act as an ambassador overseas.
• Sam Allardyce spotted leaving his house as FA chiefs meet to decide his England future

It is also claimed he offered advice on how to get around transfer rules that are laid down by his employers the Football Association.

England's new head coach was talking to undercover reporters but he thought he was dealing with a group representing a Far East firm that was hoping to profit from the Premier League's billion-pound transfer market.

It is claimed he agreed to travel to Singapore and Hong Kong to be an ambassador.
• Next England manager: 7 candidates to replace under fire Three Lions boss Sam Allardyce

Allardyce was grilled by FA chiefs after video recordings of the talks emerged.

FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn were in discussions today over the next step.

The England manager must get FA permission to lend his name or to be involved or associated with any business practices as part of his contract.

Allardyce was taped explaining to the pretend businessmen how they could circumvent rules that prohibit third parties "owning" players.

Over the course of two meetings lasting four hours in total, Allardyce is alleged to have told them it was "not a problem" to bypass rules introduced by the FA in 2008.

He said he knew of agents who were "doing it all the time" and added: "You can still get around it. I mean, obviously the big money's here."
• England boss Sam Allardyce fighting for his job after mocking predecessor Roy Hodgson's speech impediment

During a meeting with the reporters he made fun of his predecessor Hodgson's speech impediment, and said he "hasn't got the personality" for public speaking. He also made a series of remarks about the performances of the England team under Hodgson.

Allardyce said Hodgson was "too indecisive" when skipper Wayne Rooney and the rest of the England team were knocked out by Iceland at Euro 2016.

He said Neville - Hodgson's assistant - was "the wrong influence".

Allardyce told the undercover Telegraph reporters it was "not a problem" to dodge the "ridiculous" transfer rules.

Last week the England boss followed up his initial meeting by having dinner with representatives of the fictitious firm in a Manchester restaurant, where he discussed dates when he could fly to Singapore.

Allardyce, 61, who is paid £3million a year plus bonuses by the FA, now faces questions about his judgment just weeks after his first match in charge of the national side.

He told the undercover reporters the banned transfer practice was possible in "all of South America, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, all of Africa" and that Ecuadorian player Enner Valencia had been under a third-party ownership agreement when he signed him for £12million for West Ham from a Mexican club in 2014.

The third-party ownership arrangement ended on the transfer and West Ham acquired the player "whole".

Third-party ownership involves an agent or investor owning part of the financial rights to a player, meaning transfer fees are partly paid to them when a player moves clubs, rather than the buying club paying all the money to the selling club.

During a meeting at a London hotel in August, Allardyce, who was appointed by the FA on July 22, was happy to discuss third-party ownership of players with two undercover reporters.

He attended the meeting with his agent, Mark Curtis, and his financial adviser, Shane Moloney, after being approached via football agent Scott McGarvey, a long-time friend of Allardyce who was unaware of the undercover reporters' involvement.

Mr Moloney asked Allardyce: "What do you think they're doing on the football transfers financing?... The thing they're talking about is funding football transfers."

Mr Curtis said: "Is that thirdparty ownership a problem though?" Allardyce replied: "It's not a problem... we got Valencia in.

"He was third-party owned when we bought him from Mexico."

Mr Moloney made it clear the ownership arrangement ended with the transfer.</s>Sam Allardyce has left his £3m-a-year job as England manager after just 67 days and a single match in charge, the Football Association confirmed in a statement tonight.

The former Bolton Wanderers boss, 61, was caught up in a Daily Telegraph sting in which he allegedly used his position to land a £400,000 deal.

He was filmed apparently telling reporters how to bend the rules around third party ownership of footballers and being critical of ex-manager Roy Hodgson and player Gary Neville.

Former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce, who was interviewed for the position with Allardyce and is currently out of work, is now the bookies’ favourite to take over.

Allardyce faced showdown talks with FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn and the statement said his conduct was ‘inappropriate of the England manager’.

The FA confirmed both parties ‘mutually agreed to terminate’ his contract ‘with immediate effect’.

Gareth Southgate, the current manager of England’s under-21s, will take charge of the senior team for the next four matches against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland and Spain.

A search for a new permanent manager is now underway.

The FA said: “Allardyce’s conduct, as reported today, was inappropriate of the England manager.

“He accepts he made a significant error of judgement and has apologised. However, due to the serious nature of his actions, the FA and Allardyce have mutually agreed to terminate his contract with immediate effect.

“This is not a decision that was taken lightly but the FA’s priority is to protect the wider interests of the game and maintain the highest standards of conduct in football. The manager of the England men’s senior team is a position which must demonstrate strong leadership and show respect for the integrity of the game at all times.

“Gareth Southgate will take charge of the men’s senior team for the next four matches against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland and Spain whilst The FA begins its search for the new England manager. The FA wishes Sam well in the future.”

Allardyce meanwhile issued a statement saying he was ‘deeply disappointed’ with the outcome. He was only appointed in July and took charge for the 1-0 win over Slovakia earlier this month - a World Cup qualifier.

Allardyce said: “Further to recent events, The FA and I have mutually agreed to part company. It was a great honour for me to be appointed back in July and I am deeply disappointed at this outcome.

“This afternoon, I met with Greg Clarke and Martin Glenn and offered a sincere and wholehearted apology for my actions. Although it was made clear during the recorded conversations that any proposed arrangements would need the FA’s full approval, I recognise I made some comments which have caused embarrassment.

“As part of today’s meeting, I was asked to clarify what I said and the context in which the conversations took place.

“I have co-operated fully in this regard. I also regret my comments with regard to other individuals.”</s>Sam Allardyce’s tenure as the England manager has been terminated after 67 days in charge following allegations he had offered advice on how to circumvent the Football Association’s rules on player transfers.

Allardyce, who had suggested the national manager’s role was his “dream job” on his appointment as Roy Hodgson’s successor in July, has left his position by mutual consent after two months and one game, the World Cup qualifying win over Slovakia. He and his agent, Mark Curtis, attended a meeting with the FA’s chairman, Greg Clarke, and the chief executive, Martin Glenn, at Wembley stadium on Tuesday with the hierarchy having been left dismayed by comments the 61-year-old had made to undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph.

Allardyce today confirmed he had offered a “sincere and wholehearted apology for my actions” before his departure.

An FA statement read: “The FA can confirm Sam Allardyce has left his position as England manager. Allardyce’s conduct, as reported today, was inappropriate of the England manager. He accepts he made a significant error of judgment and has apologised. However, due to the serious nature of his actions, the FA and Allardyce have mutually agreed to terminate his contract with immediate effect.

“This is not a decision that was taken lightly but the FA’s priority is to protect the wider interests of the game and maintain the highest standards of conduct in football. The manager of the England men’s senior team is a position which must demonstrate strong leadership and show respect for the integrity of the game at all times.

“Gareth Southgate will take charge of the men’s senior team for the next four matches against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland and Spain while the FA begins its search for the new England manager. The FA wishes Sam well in the future.”

Allardyce, who was contracted through to the 2018 World Cup finals, had been filmed appearing to offer advice to the undercover reporters on how to circumvent the FA’s rules on player transfers. The Daily Telegraph released the relevant transcripts from two meetings, held in Manchester and London over the past month, to the FA with a contrite Allardyce understood to have conceded his position had been left untenable.

Southgate had been reluctant to take up the helm in the summer, when he considered himself to be lacking in the relevant experience for the job, but will stand in with just five days remaining before Allardyce was expected to announce his squad for the forthcoming games.

The former Sunderland, Bolton and West Ham manager, accompanied by Curtis and his financial adviser Shane Moloney, had been recorded commenting on a variety of subjects from England players to regulations, Hodgson and the FA’s decision to redevelop Wembley stadium.

It was his comments on third-party ownership, and whether he was offering advice on bypassing “ridiculous” FA and Fifa rules, which have caused real alarm. He is filmed telling the undercover reporters, posing as businessmen, it was “not a problem” to get around FA rules imposed in 2008 that prevent parties “owning” players’ economic rights. Fifa has since adopted a similar stance.

He stated an unnamed group had been “doing it for years” and “you can still get around it” suggesting they employ the player’s agents to compensate for the fact they are no longer allowed to profit from each transfer directly. “You get a percentage of the player’s agent’s fee that the agent pays to you, the company, because he’s done that new deal at the club again or they sell him on, and you’re not getting a part of the transfer fee any more, because you can’t do that,” he is filmed explaining. “But, you get, because of the size of the contracts now, the contract will be worth £30m, £40m, at 10% and you’ve done a deal with the agent where you’re getting 5% of the agent’s fee, which is massive for doing about two hours’ work.”

Allardyce released a statement on Tuesday night which read: “Further to recent events, The FA and I have mutually agreed to part company. It was a great honour for me to be appointed back in July and I am deeply disappointed at this outcome.

“This afternoon, I met with Greg Clarke and Martin Glenn and offered a sincere and wholehearted apology for my actions.

“Although it was made clear during the recorded conversations that any proposed arrangements would need The FA’s full approval, I recognise I made some comments which have caused embarrassment.

“As part of today’s meeting, I was asked to clarify what I said and the context in which the conversations took place. I have co-operated fully in this regard. I also regret my comments with regard to other individuals.”

Allardyce earned around £3m-a-year, plus bonuses on the contract he signed in July that was to run up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and appeared to be using his position to negotiate a £400,000 deal to address investors in a south-east Asia firm. The England manager had stressed he would “have to run it past the powers that be” before committing to any deal.</s>The men who decided England manager Sam Allardyce had to go made the painful decision in an effort to preserve the Football Association's integrity as "guardians of the game".

FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn met with Allardyce at Wembley on Tuesday and left the 61-year-old in no doubt he had reached the end of a short road with the national side.

Allardyce ultimately agreed to terminate his contract, having been left in an untenable position by a Daily Telegraph sting operation that captured him negotiating lucrative speaking engagements in the Far East as well as making indiscreet and damaging remarks about a range of issues including third-party ownership.

Among the names linked with replacing Allardyce at Wembley, caretaker manager Gareth Southgate and Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe feature prominently.

Former Hull City manager Steve Bruce, too, is in contention while German coach Jurgen Klinsmann is again linked with the vacant post.

Glenn, who led the three-man panel that nominated Allardyce in the summer, told FATV: "It has been a really painful decision because obviously we've only just hired Sam.

"We've concluded - and Sam's agreed - that his behaviour has been inappropriate and, frankly, not what is expected of an England manager.

"Sam, we think, is a great fit for England manager and we think could have been extremely successful.

"But the FA's more than just running the England men's team. We have to stand up for the right behaviours across the whole game. We're the guardians of the game, we set the rules.

"We have to be seen to apply those rules consistently and evenly, whether you're the England manager or someone low down in the organisation."

Who should replace Allardyce as England manager? View our gallery of the leading contenders, featuring odds from 888bet, then let us know your pick in the comments section below.</s>Sam Allardyce has left his position as England manager by mutual consent after just one game in charge of the national team.

Allardyce was filmed advising undercover journalists on how to circumvent rules against third-party ownership, according to UK’s Daily Telegraph.

Video accompanying the report shows Allardyce meeting twice with journalists posing as representatives of a Far East agency who were interested in bypassing rules from the Football Association and FIFA.

“You can still get around it. I mean, obviously, the big money’s here,” Allardyce fondly called ‘Big Sam’ said on the video, while also calling the regulations “ridiculous.”

A statement from the FA read: “The FA can confirm that Sam Allardyce has left his position as England manager. Allardyce’s conduct, as reported today (yesterday), was inappropriate of the England manager.

“He accepts he made a significant error of judgment and has apologised. However, due to the serious nature of his actions, The FA and Allardyce have mutually agreed to terminate his contract with immediate effect.

“This is not a decision that was taken lightly but The FA’s priority is to protect the wider interests of the game and maintain the highest standards of conduct in football. The manager of the England men’s senior team is a position which must demonstrate strong leadership and show respect for the integrity of the game at all times.”

Martin Glenn, England FA boss said, “‘A very difficult 24 hours. In the light of the media allegations that we’ve seen, we’ve concluded and Sam’s agreed that his behaviour’s been inappropriate and frankly not what is expected of an England manager, discussing a range of issues from potential contraventions of FA rules through to personal comments that frankly just don’t work when you’re the manager of England.”</s>Sam Allardyce faces a fight to remain at the England helm as the Football Association investigates secretly-filmed conversations which appear to show the recently-appointed manager making a variety of controversial comments to undercover reporters.

Named Roy Hodgson’s successor after the embarrassing Euro 2016 exit to Iceland, the former Bolton, West Ham and Sunderland boss’ position is under enormous scrutiny just 67 days after being handed the role of his dreams.

Allardyce was secretly filmed by the Daily Telegraph’s investigations team during a 10-month probe, which the newspaper claims “separately unearthed widespread evidence of bribery and corruption in British football”.

The video appears to show the 61-year-old making numerous controversial remarks about subjects varying from England players to circumventing regulations, and side work to his employers.

The England manager left his home in Bolton, Greater Manchester, shortly before 7am on Tuesday without comment. By midday The Times and Telegraph were reporting that Allardyce could face the sack later on Tuesday having been summoned to Wembley, where FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn are said to be holding an emergency meeting.

The FA has refrained from making any official statement, but Press Association Sport understands such an outcome would not come as a big surprise to some in the England dressing room.

The Telegraph’s video appears to show Allardyce negotiating a £400,000 deal to address investors in a Far East firm, albeit saying he would “have to run it past the powers that be’’ before committing to a deal. The England manager was also captured appearing to tell a fictitious businessman how to circumvent third-party ownership laws, saying it was “not a problem” to get around FA rules which stop third parties ‘’owning’’ football players’ economic rights.

The controversial practice was banned by the FA in 2008 over concerns it compromised the integrity of the game, as the third party could profit whenever a player was sold.

When asked about the rules, Allardyce was filmed on a hidden camera apparently saying: “It’s not a problem”.

He added an unnamed group had been “doing it for years” and “you can still get around it”, suggesting they employ the player’s agents to compensate for the fact they are no longer allowed to profit from each transfer directly.

He added: “You get a percentage of the player’s agent’s fee that the agent pays to you, the company, because he’s done that new deal at the club again or they sell him on, and you’re not getting a part of the transfer fee any more, because you can’t do that.

“But, you get - because of the size of the contracts now, the contract will be worth 30, 40million, at 10 per cent and you’ve done a deal with the agent where you’re getting five per cent of the agent’s fee, which is massive for doing about two hours’ work.”

The footage makes for uncomfortable viewing and former England striker Gary Lineker believes the Telegraph’s clandestine recording could be justified.

“Don’t like entrapment journalism but if it leads to the necessary investigation into the murky waters of corruption in our game then good,” he posted on Twitter.

“We can get on our high horses about FIFA etc. but we have a large glass house of our own.

“Biggest issue for Sam Allardyce is advising on getting around 3rd party rules. As well, of course, as very poor judgement.”

The meeting with reporters also saw Allardyce appear to be filmed questioning predecessor Hodgson’s decisions at Euro 2016, at times calling him “Woy” - a word used in a headline in 2012 that the FA called “unacceptable” and relating to the former England manager’s rhotacism.

On his employers, the FA, the video seems to show the England boss saying: “They’re all about making money aren’t they? You know the FA’s the richest football association in the world?”

He qualified that by saying the governing body is not the richest as “they stupidly spent £870million on Wembley, so they are still paying that debt off’”.

Allardyce called Prince Harry a “very naughty boy” and complained that the Duke of Cambridge, the FA president, did not turn up to last week’s Euro 2020 launch.

The England manager is also reported to have been filmed discussing the gambling habits of the country’s current or former senior internationals, the chances of players lining up for England and Hodgson’s assistant Gary Neville.

Allardyce, who led Sunderland to Premier League survival last season, was appointed England manager on July 22 after what the FA called a “comprehensive and structured process”.

His England reign got off to a winning start earlier this month with a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win in Slovakia. Further qualifiers follow at home to Malta on October 8 and in Slovakia three days later.
England national football team manager Sam Allardyce resigns after only one match and 67 days in charge, due to a scandal over statements made to undercover reporters.