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Sam Allardyce will be named as the new England manager - with confirmation expected in the next 24 hours.
Allardyce will leave Sunderland after nine months at the Premier League club.
The 61-year-old replaces Roy Hodgson, who resigned after the surprise defeat by Iceland at this summer's Euro 2016 finals in France.
Allardyce, a former West Ham, Newcastle and Bolton boss, spoke to the Football Association last week and has been chosen ahead of Hull's Steve Bruce.
Both Sunderland and Hull had urged the FA to act quickly, with the new Premier League season less than a month away.
Allardyce was interviewed for the England job following Sven-Goran Eriksson's departure after the 2006 World Cup but Steve McClaren was appointed.
His first competitive game in charge is scheduled to be a World Cup qualifier in Slovakia on 4 September.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe and USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann had also been linked with the job this summer.
Allardyce will become the 15th permanent England boss as the pinnacle of a managerial career that started with Blackpool in 1994 and has taken in 467 Premier League games - behind only Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp.
Sam Allardyce will be named as the new England manager - with confirmation expected in the next 24 hours.
Allardyce will leave Sunderland after nine months at the Premier League club.
The 61-year-old replaces Roy Hodgson, who resigned after the surprise defeat by Iceland at this summer's Euro 2016 finals in France.
Allardyce, a former West Ham, Newcastle and Bolton boss, spoke to the Football Association last week and has been chosen ahead of Hull's Steve Bruce.
Both Sunderland and Hull had urged the FA to act quickly, with the new Premier League season less than a month away.
Allardyce was interviewed for the England job following Sven-Goran Eriksson's departure after the 2006 World Cup but Steve McClaren was appointed.
His first competitive game in charge is scheduled to be a World Cup qualifier in Slovakia on 4 September.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe and USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann had also been linked with the job this summer.
Allardyce will become the 15th permanent England boss as the pinnacle of a managerial career that started with Blackpool in 1994 and has taken in 467 Premier League games - behind only Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp.