Sunderland's Sam Allardyce 'set to succeed' Roy Hodgson as new England manager

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce will be named as England's new manager very shortly, reports suggest. The 61-year-old appears to have seen off competition from fellow candidates including Steve Bruce of Hull City and USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann in a bid to succeed Roy Hodgson, following the Three Lions' humiliating Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland in Nice.
According to the London Evening Standard, the Football Association (FA) will announce their decision over the coming days and Allardyce, currently on pre-season duty in Hartlepool, will take the reins in a friendly match against an as yet unknown opponent at Wembley Stadium on September 1, before overseeing the first fixture of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Slovakia.