It's official: Sam Allardyce 'honoured to be appointed' as new England manager

"Dan Ashworth, David Gill and I have carried out a thorough process in the last three weeks and ultimately we could not look beyond Sam as the ideal candidate."

Sam Allardyce has signed an initial two-year deal to become England's new manager, the English Football Assocation has announced.

The 61-year-old boss knew the job was his on Wednesday but a compensation package with his club Sunderland needed to be finalised before the announcement could be made.