Everton confirm Allardyce set to take over as new boss

0 Sam Allardyce arrives at Goodison Park before Everton’s game against West Ham last night. New West Brom boss Alan Pardew has targeted silverware and vowed to take the Baggies to the next level.

The 56-year-old has signed a deal until 2020 to replace the sacked Tony Pulis, with Albion two points above the Premier League relegation zone.

The deal ends 11 months out of management since Pardew was axed by Crystal Palace, the team he faces in his first game in charge on Saturday.

Pardew was unveiled yesterday and, with Albion fans complaining about their previous style, he wants to inject some excitement and challenge for trophies.

He said: “My best teams play on the front foot and try and put teams under pressure. Sometimes they get a bloody nose doing that and that’s what I’ll deliver here at West Brom.

“And ultimately, hopefullyalongthatline,wecanget up to sort of 1.5 or 1.7 points a game. I’ve achieved that in the past at certain times at clubs and that’s what I hope to do here.

“I think the most important thing is, and it’s so difficult in the Premier League, to have ambitions to win the league, to win trophies, because you have six or seven clubs whose finances are way above the level that we’re working at.

“It’s very difficult. We almost did it with Palace in the FA Cup so you have to have those ambitions.”

John Carver has joined the backroom staff with former assistant head coach Gary Megson leaving after his two-game caretaker spell.