Big Sam ‘jealous’ of Southgate

– Former England manager Sam Allardyce believes he should still be leading the national team and says he is “extremely jealous” as his replacement Gareth Southgate heads to the World Cup in Russia.

Allardyce became England manager in July 2016, but was sacked by the FA after 67 days for behaving “inappropriately” when caught up in a newspaper sting.

The 63-year-old, who was filmed allegedly offering advice on how to “get around” FA transfer rules, has told the BBC in a documentary to air later this week that the decision to sack him was made “very hastily”.

“Jealous is what I feel. Massively disappointed. That should be me there. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case,” he added.

England begin their campaign against Tunisia on Monday.