After several weeks of  consultation process involving many leading figures in the game including Harry Redknapp, Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard, the English FA is set to name a new manager in the next few days.

Standard Sport understands Sam Allardyce is set to be confirmed as the new manager. The 61-year-old has won the race to succeed Roy Hodgson, who stepped down after England’s Euro 2016 exit to Iceland.

Allardyce was first to be interviewed before Hull City boss Steve Bruce met with the FA’s three-man panel, comprising vice-chairman David Gill, chief executive Martin Glenn and technical director Dan Ashworth.

The preference for an Englishman counted against USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann and although Allardyce’s style of football has divided opinion throughout his career, it is thought that the FA were drawn to his ability to impose a clear identity on teams founded on a high work-rate and defensive resilience.

Allardyce, a former West Ham, Newcastle and Bolton boss, spoke to the Football Association last week and has been chosen ahead of Hull’s Steve Bruce.

BBC gathers that the only remaining issue to be settled is compensation to Sunderland, with Allardyce having a year left on his contract at the Stadium of Light.

The FA board meets on Thursday, when it is expected Allardyce’s appointment will be officially confirmed.

Both Sunderland and Hull had urged the FA to act quickly, with the new Premier League season less than a month away.

Allardyce’s first competitive game in charge will be a World Cup qualifier in Slovakia on 4 September.

He will become the 15th permanent England boss, the pinnacle of a managerial career that started at Blackpool in 1994 and has taken in 467 Premier League games – behind only Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp.