Sam Allardyce has surely not retired – an international return could be perfect | Paul Wilson

Allardyce has left Crystal Palace to spend more time with his family but he will be in demand among struggling clubs next winter and if more downtime really is key, Scotland and Wales should try to tempt him

Considering Sam Allardyce did not actually win a great deal, he unquestionably overachieved in his managerial career, taking his know-how into a number of difficult situations and always coming out on the credit side of the ledger.

English football will be a quieter and less colourful place without him, though precisely because Allardyce projected his personality on the game so forcefully – he even managed to be too large and unshushable for the England job – few will readily believe the professional game has seen the last of him.

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