Allardyce’s £6m deal to take Everton job

SAM ALLARDYCE will be unveiled as the new manager of Everton in the next 48 hours, with Liverpool legend Sammy Lee expected to be part of his coaching team. Talks were continuing last night after representatives of Allardyce met Everton’s major shareholder Farhad Moshiri in London yesterday. Allardyce, 63, arrives back from a holiday with his wife today and is expected to meet Moshiri to finalise the deal. But most of the details have already been agreed, including a salary of approaching £6million a year, with both sides expecting the former England boss to be in charge for Saturday’s Premier League match against Huddersfield. Bringing in Lee, 58, is a bold move by Allardyce, despite their long history together. Lee was Allardyce’s assistant at Bolton before their brief stint with the FA last year and at Crystal Palace in the second half of last season. Allardyce wants someone who played such an important role in helping him keep Palace in the Premier League last season. He also believes Lee will be hugely motivated to succeed with Everton, given the circumstances around his departure from Liverpool in June 2011. Then manager Kenny Dalglish, a former Liverpool team-mate, told him he was no longer required. It essentially brought an end to a 35-yearold on-off association with the club. Allardyce hopes to add Craig Shakespeare, goalkeeping coach Martyn Margetson and fitness coach Ryland Morgan to his backroom staff. PETER CROUCH has signed a new one-year deal at Stoke City. The 36-year-old (right) will stay with the club until at least the summer of 2019. Praising the striker, Stoke manager Mark Hughes said: ‘He still has so much to offer us.’