Sam slaps £20m tag on Reid
Whilst admitting that neother he or the club can influence Reid’s decision-making process the manager said: “He isn’t going anywhere unless someone bids £20m or something like that.
“If somebody flirts around with a measly offer because he is in the last year of his contract, we would make more money by keeping him and finishing where we are in the league than selling him and putting our good season in jeopardy. Because replacing him in January – replacing anybody in January – is a very difficult job indeed.”
Eight wins in their opening 15 games have left us in fourth place and Allardyce hopes that a continuation of that form could tempt Reid to stay, even if the negotiations are out of his hands.
He said: “I just don’t pay too much attention to it now it has gone on so long. I just hope that the phone call is a yes when the chairman rings me up at some stage. At the moment it is neither a positive nor a negative. It is neither a yes or a no from Reidy at the moment.
“In the end, I just hope he decides what is happening this season here and what is happening with us now has a telling factor on the decision that he makes in the end and it is not just money.
“After a difficult start after an injury and a difficult back end to last season, has started to show some reasonably good form – and that is why I say reasonably good – we have only got three clean sheets, so they do get a bit of stick from me.”