Gary McAllister is expected to be named as Coventry City's new manager in the
next 48 hours and will try and succeed where Roland Nilsson and Gordon Strachan failed in returning cash-strapped Coventry to the top flight.
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Gary McAllister: Will return to Coventry as manager
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The former Sky Blues midfielder, currently with Liverpool, has been lined up
to replace Nilsson, who was sacked last week together together with his assistant Jim Smith.
McAllister, who has only made 14 Premiership starts for Liverpool this year, would be allowed to leave Anfield on a free transfer.
It would be McAllister's first foray into management after a successful
playing career and he has vowed to bring in an experienced right-hand man.
'I have been on the telephone non stop trying to organise things,' he told
the Daily Record.
'I accept that, as a new manager, I am going to need the right help. Now I am
waiting for the certain things to fall into place and then we will take it from
there.'
Motherwell's boss Eric Black has been linked with the job of assistant, but
there is no get-out clause in his three-year deal and he confirmed his
intentions to stay with the Fir Park club.
After watching his side beaten 4-0 by Hibernian he said: 'It's speculation. I
am manager of Motherwell and I have got plenty to get on with. I am working very
hard top get positive results for Motherwell.'
Coventry's fortunes have slumped since their former captain McAllister left in 2000. While the Scotland international helped Liverpool to five trophies in his own Indian summer, the Sky Blues have been relegated from the Premiership, failed to reach the play-offs and parted company with two managers.
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