Sam Allardyce to leave Leeds United with Brendan Rodgers on new shortlist

Sam Allardyce and Leeds have decided to go their separate ways following the Elland Road club’s relegation to the Championship.

Although Allardyce presided over the collection of only one point during his four match interim tenure at the end of the season, the staff and players at Leeds were highly impressed by his management style and the possibility of keeping the former England manager in the post next season was seriously considered.

Yet following a day of discussions with the West Yorkshire club’s chief executive, Angus Kinnear, on Thursday, it emerged that no agreement was reached, dictating that Allardyce is set to leave Elland Road as Leeds step up their search for a manager to lead a Championship promotion challenge.

Allardyce’s appointment arrived at the end of a chaotic campaign which had seen Leeds sack Jesse Marsch in February and his interim successor, Javi Gracia, at the start of May when they enticed the 68-year-old out of retirement for the final four games.

Whoever takes charge next season is likely to do so against a backdrop of considerable uncertainty.

While it is unclear whether a successor to the recently sacked former director of football, Victor Orta, will be appointed or that position scrapped, the club’s ownership remains opaque.

Had Premier League survival been secured, the San Francisco based investors 49er Enterprises, were set to increase their current 44 per cent stake in Leeds by buying out the majority stakeholder, Andrea Radrizzani, but that deal now appears very much in the balance.

Radrizzani, meanwhile, is involved in a consortium buying Sampdoria, and Leeds fans reacted angrily when a report in The Athletic revealed that the chairman had offered Elland Road as collateral as he