McAllister: Lee was my first choice

GARY McALLISTER has revealed former Bolton manager Sammy Lee was his first choice to become his assistant at Leeds.

But Lee is currently in a compensation wrangle with the Premier League club and McAllister turned to Steve Staunton, appointed on Monday, instead.

McAllister said: “I did look to bring Sammy Lee in, but he’s still negotiating with Bolton over his contract and that made the situation difficult. I told Sammy that I needed to get someone in straight away and he understood where I was coming from.