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Big Sam 7-4 for sack before season starts

BY IAN WILKERSON 6:25PM 27 JUL 2014

LADBROKES have moved quickly to go 7-4 that Sam Allardyce leaves West Ham before the start of the season after reports he could be dismissed from the Upton Park hotseat before the Premier League kicks off on August 16.

Allardyce is reportedly at odds with the club owners over the future of midfielder Ravel Morrison, who spent the second half of last season on loan to then-Championship side QPR.

His cause has not been helped by the news that striker Andy Carroll, who Allardyce signed from Liverpool for £15m, will miss the first four months of the season with an ankle injury that has required surgery.

Former Hammers defender and ex-Cardiff manager Malky Mackay is 7-2 to be the next occupant of the hotseat with David Moyes rated a 4-1 chance to replace Allardyce after his ill-fated spell at Manchester United.

Loic Remy's £8.5m move to Liverpool from QPR has been called off after reports the France striker failed a medical.