Sam Allardyce has strongly dismissed reports that he is welcoming interest from Sunderland for his managerial services.
The West Ham boss could be on his way out of Upton Park due to the Londoner's slump in the second half of the season with their only win in recent memory coming in Dick Advocaat's first game in charge of Sunderland.
Sunderland meanwhile are hoping that Allardyce will be their manager in the Premier League next season as they slid into the relegation zone after their draw at Stoke on saturday. The former Newcastle boss has a good record of getting teams out of the second tier though having done it with Bolton as well as West Ham.
However when asked about his future Allardyce said: "There is only one thing that needs to be sorted out and that is me sitting down with the owners when they are ready to talk to me about being at West Ham and nowhere else."
The former Sunderland player added: "Until that is resolved we won't know which way we are both going forward. That is the only thing to be sorted, to sit down and sort it out." The Irons board are set to hold talks with Allardyce who has never really been a crowd favourite to the United fans.
Despite the willingness to discuss the situaton it seems David Gold and David Sullivan already have rival bosses touted up for the East London hotseat, which would end Allardyce's four year tenure at the club.