Sam Allardyce is close to formalising an agreement to make a surprise return to Premier League management and succeed Javi Gracia at relegation-threatened Leeds.
Although nothing has been finalised, the 68-year-old former England coach is pencilled in to take training at the club’s Thorp Arch training ground near Wetherby on Wednesday after a changing of the Elland Road guard, which has also led to the departure of Victor Orta as the director of football.
Orta had wanted to retain his fellow Spaniard Gracia – who succeeded Jesse Marsch at Leeds only in February – but fellow directors…
