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Allardyce paid price for lack of privacy – McClaren

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8 years ago

September 29, 2016

Allardyce paid price for lack of privacy - McClaren

Steve McClaren feels Sam Allardyce has paid the price for a lack of privacy in sport following a damning newspaper report that led to the premature end of his tenure as England manager.

The 61-year-old left his post with the

national team on Wednesday by mutual consent, after agreeing with the Football Association that comments he made to The Daily Telegraph were “unacceptable”.

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McClaren, who managed England from August 2006 to November 2007, believes Allardyce fell victim to the sort of investigation that could catch out any number of his contemporaries.

“I think it’s been a hugely disappointing couple of days for English football, and very, very sad for what’s happened to Sam Allardyce,” McClaren said at the Soccerex convention in Manchester. “It could happen to any of us in high-profile sports positions and Sam, innocently, has paid the price.

“It just shows you that at the level where sport is at, the elite, privacy can only be found within the four walls of your own home. Unfortunately a lot of managers are discovering that, other managers and profile people have been targeted as well.

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