He's been out of football for over two years.
Sam Allardyce has been confirmed as the new West Brom manager.
He takes over from Slaven Bilic, who was sacked this morning after eighteen months at the helm.
Allardyce has been out of work since leaving Everton over two-years ago.
He takes over a West Brom side who’ve won just one league game since July and sit second-from-bottom in the Premier League.