Neil McDonald’s possible departure from West Ham is being seen as the prelude to a Sam Allardyce’s exit at the end of this campaign.
News that ‘Macca’ could be on his way back to the club that sacked him a few years back – Carlisle United – hasn’t exactly surprised club insiders.
For there has been a widespread view for a long time that the manager will need to have a truly spectacular season to earn another contract which not many truly see as very likely.
And that may well be what is focusing the assistant manager’s mind as he perhaps looks beyond an immediate Upton Park future.
One source gave a pithy summing -up shared by many saying: “The general view is that Macca is looking after business as new contracts here would be very much in the balance.”
The 48 year old MacDonald’s move to the north-east would see him much closer to his family which is also being mentioned as another possible factor in his Carlisle United thinking
Earlier this year McDonald spoke to the Newham Recorder saying “I want to have another go at management, I am capable of doing that, but I am really, really enjoying what I am doing at the moment.
“If Sam was to leave for any reason I would certainly want the West Ham job. Anybody would want to be a manager of such a fantastic football club. But I am happy in the position I am in at the moment.”
Why are you manipulating this piece to suggest Sam will last to the end of the season with McDonald.As McDonald does the work at Cherwell why should Sam survive.poor report!
You are AGAIN suggesting I am manipulating and mis-reporting. I’m not Last time mate.
I think it is as read,Macca has been offered a management job,one that perhaps he feels he has un-finished business with.He does far more than work at Chadwell heath,and is football not all about opinions.I think Sam has met his brief so far,but three games is not a season,lets hope Neil stays,and we do better in the rest of the season.We can get another assistant manager.Neils whereabouts and what he decides to do,is bound to raise some eyebrows as to why he might go,but management job offers dont come along too often,so he might be tempted.Good luck whatever Neil.