SAM ALLARDYCE stands to rake in a FORTUNE if he keeps Leeds in the Premier League.
Javi Gracia is set to be sacked by the West Yorkshire club with just four games remaining.
And former England head coach Allardyce, 68, is reportedly set to be unveiled as their new manager on Wednesday.
He faces a tough task to keep Leeds above the relegation zone as only goal difference is keeping them out of the bottom three.
They also have an incredibly difficult run-in.
A trip to table toppers Manchester City on Saturday is followed up by a home game against third-place Newcastle.
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They then travel to London for their penultimate fixture of the campaign against West Ham.
And if they are still in a relegation battle come the final day then they will have to try and get something from Tottenham at Elland Road.
But Allardyce will be EXTREMELY well compensated if he keeps the club in the top flight.
According to The Times, he will receive £3MILLION for helping Leeds survive.
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He will earn a basic salary of £500,000 and a bonus of more than £2.5m if he keeps Leeds up.
That sum, for less than a month’s work, would technically make him the best-paid manager in world football, eclipsing the £2.48m per month that Diego Simeone earns at Atletico Madrid.
But Allardyce is going to have to try and steer Leeds to safety without trusty assistant Sammy Lee.
Lee, 64, has been Allardyce’s right-hand man at several clubs in the past.
But he cannot join him at Elland Road because he is on jury service.
Instead, Allardyce has asked ex-MK Dons and Oxford United manager Karl Robinson to be his assistant.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
