1 Oct, 2016 @ 16:15
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Sacked England football manager Sam Allardyce retreats to villa in Spain

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Sam Allardyce

DISGRACED England football manager Sam Allardyce has escaped to his villa in Spain after being forced to resign.

He was spotted on the balcony of his Costa Blanca home, ‘Big Sam’s Villa’, a day after he left the top job.

His life-long friend David Ingham, 81, and his wife Pat arrived to cheer up the 61-year-old, who is said to be ‘sad’ and ‘very hurt’.

Asked how long the former England boss would be staying at his villa in Benidorm, Ingham said: “It could be two weeks, two months. He’s got time on his hands now.

He added: “I’ve known Sam for 40 years since he was a young Bolton player and he’s a lovely man with a high moral compass.

“He’s being painted as a greedy money grabber but that’s not the man I know. He’s a great guy.”

Allardyce’s wife Lynn is also staying at the villa while he ‘reflects’ on his career disaster.

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He was forced to resign on Tuesday night after chasing a €460,000 deal to top up his salary while offering advice on bypassing transfer rules.

His villa is a spacious hillside property which features a carved stone sign in the shape of a football which reads, ‘Big Sam’s Villa’.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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