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Allardyce after joining Leeds: ‘There’s nobody ahead of me’

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By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer

Sam Allardyce has made an unlikely return to the Premier League. The 68-year-old former England coach has been hired by Leeds until the end of the season after the relegation-threatened club fired manager Javi Gracia. Allardyce’s last coaching role was at West Bromwich Albion for the second half of the 2020-21 season. He failed in his short-term mission to keep the team in the Premier League but that hasn’t stopped Leeds from turning to Allardyce. Leeds is in fourth-to-last place in the standings and only out of the relegation zone on goal difference with four games remaining.

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