Football Association chiefs are close to sacking Sam Allardyce as England manager after allegations he used his position to negotiate a £400,000 deal and appeared to offer advice on how to circumvent rules on player transfers. FA chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn were holding an emergency meeting at Wembley this morning and are understood to be extremely disturbed by the allegations. The pair were planning to talk to Allardyce – who was heading for Wembley – for his side of the story before making a final decision but from what has been revealed so far they are understood to…

Source: The Times September 27, 2016 10:30 UTC