Former England international Rodney Marsh believes West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce will soon be sacked by the club.
The ex-Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City attacker feels comments made by Hammers co-chairman David Sullivan point towards a bleak future for the boss, who has split opinion among supporters.
Many fans have protested against the style of football produced during Allardyce’s tenure and Sullivan told Talksport that he had tears in his eyes on occasions last term.
Marsh delivered his own verdict on Twitter, saying: “Just read Sullivan comments. Big Sam – Dead man walking.”
Veteran entrepreneur Sullivan had earlier told the radio station: “We told the manager we want a more attacking form of football. But at the same time the manager has to pick the team. It’s his decision what he does.
“We’re more involved with the transfers this year because we think we haven’t spent our money well in the previous years and we hope we will spend it a bit better this summer.
“But we think what we’ve bought (this summer) is better value for money and at least we’ve got some more lottery tickets than could turn into jackpots.
“There were games last season where I had tears in my eyes. It just wasnt’t good enough.
“That said and done, we have a contract with the manager and we believe in honouring contracts. We stick by managers, we have a history of sticking with our managers and that’s what we intend to do.”