Allardyce on England trio

  • by Staff Writer
  • Tuesday, 5th July 2011

Sam Allardyce has revealed that he is to sit down with West Ham's English internationals before making a decision on their future.

Scott Parker, Carlton Cole and Robert Green had all been expected the leave the club this summer. However the new West Ham manager revealed in an interview with Talksport this morning that no final decisions had yet been taken.

"One or two players have ambitions to continue to play in the Premier League and I'm not so sure I can persuade them to stay with us because the lure of the PL is so great," said Allardyce. "So I need to deal with that as early as possible, in the next week or two.

"Certainly when the international players are back by the end of this week I will ask them what their ambitions are. Is there a possibility they can stay at West Ham, or do you really want to leave?

"So it's a possibility. I don't think it's inevitable - I haven't spoken to those players yet. But I don't think speaking on the phone or communicating by email or text is the right forward in this situation.

"I need to sit down with them face to face and discuss - outside of their agents - what their feelings are. If I can persuade them to stay that'll be fantastic - but I'm not sure about that at this moment."

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