According to the Times, Allardyce is in line for a basic salary of 500,000 pounds, with a bonus of more than 2.5 million pounds if he can maintain the club’s top-flight status.
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Allardyce made 578 league and cup appearances in a 21-year career spent mostly in the Football League, as well as bride spells in the North American Soccer League and League of Ireland.
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Moving into management, he took charge of Irish club Limerick in 1991, leading the club to the League of Ireland First Divison (second tier) title in 1991-92. He returned to England as a youth coach at Preston North End, also serving briefly as caretaker manager.
Allardyce has been labelled a long-ball manager by some analysts, though he has disputed this perception as “totally and utterly wrong”. He takes a modern technology and statistics-centred approach to tactics and coaching and has been praised for his organisational and man-management skills.
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