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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said England boss Sam Allardyce "needs to be allowed to defend himself," following allegations in a newspaper.
A Daily Telegraph
investigation says Allardyce, 61, used his role to negotiate a £400,000
deal and also offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player
transfers.
Allardyce is yet to respond to the allegations and was
due to meet with Football Association chairman Greg Clarke and chief
executive Martin Glenn on Tuesday.
The former Bolton, Newcastle
and West Ham manager also appears to criticise the FA, his international
predecessor Roy Hodgson and ex-England assistant Gary Neville.
"You have to let Sam Allardyce defend himself and I just hope he will clear his name," said Wenger.
Allardyce, who has only been in charge for one game and 67 days, was
named England boss in July, succeeding Hodgson after a disastrous
European Championship campaign.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright said it would be a "terrible shame" for Allardyce to lose his job for "non-footballing reasons".
"When you look at Sam and his career, he was never ever going to get the opportunity to manage a top-four club," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "He got the England job and for him to now stand on the brink of losing that job is a crying shame."
Karren Brady, chief executive of Allardyce's former club West Ham, said she is "both saddened and disappointed" by the developments.
"This
is a man who spent his whole life trying to get that job, and got it in
his 60s. What a great shame if he loses that job through
non-footballing reasons," she told Radio 1 Newsbeat.
FA communications director Julian Eccles
has said Allardyce's actions are "at the very least bad judgement", and
said he will have to justify his claims that third-party ownership is
still prevalent.
Culled from: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37483375
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