Allardyce set to be named Hammers manager

SAM ALLARDYCE is expected to be confirmed as the new manager of West Ham United today.

Allardyce, who will sign a two-year deal, will be paid a £1.25m-a-year salary, plus a bonus of at least £1m by co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan if he can secure an immediate return to the Premier League for the Irons.

Allardyce will replace Avram Grant, who was sacked in the aftermath of West Ham’s 3-2 defeat to Wigan last month, a result