Monday 5 October 2015 16:35, UK
Former West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has not yet received any contact over the vacant job at Sunderland, according to Sky sources.
The 61-year-old, who left Upton Park at the end of last season after his four-year contract expired, has been installed as the Sky Bet favourite to succeed Dick Advocaat on Wearside.
Advocaat resigned as Black Cats boss on Sunday with the club bottom of the Premier League and without a victory from their first eight games and has since admitted his mind was made up before Saturday's draw with West Ham.
Sunderland are understood to have Allardyce high on a list of potential successors that also includes Sean Dyche,
Sky sources understand Dyche was on the verge of joining from Burnley in the summer before Advocaat overturned his decision to retire and signed a one-year contract.
Along with Allardyce and Dyche, Sky Bet have made former Leicester manager Nigel Pearson, Manchester City U21s boss Patrick Viera and former Swansea head coach Michael Laudrup strong candidates.
And Brendan Rodgers, who was sacked by Liverpool also on Sunday, is also now out of work.
