Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace will be set to pocket £2 million should Sam Allardyce be appointed as the next Everton boss.
The Toffees have been without a boss since parting ways with Ronald Koeman last week and Allardyce who is also without a job having parted ways with Palace at the end of last season is a candidate to succeed the Dutchman.
Although Palace accepted Allardyce’s decision to resign from the club after just five months at the helm, there was an agreement in his contract which stipulated that should he return to management within two years, the Eagles would have to be given £2 million compensation.
Allardyce has admitted that he would be open to managing Everton and said: “Who knows? I’d have to consider that, if that phone call happens. There’s no point in speculating at the moment. David Unsworth is in the chair.
“It looks like it’s really going to be tough for Everton to get out of that position,” added Allardyce – who has managed Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn, West Ham, Sunderland and Palace in the Premier League.
“They know what the problems are, they just perhaps want a bit of guidance now how to rectify those problems.”
