Former Everton manager Sam Allardyce has blamed "outside influences" on the club's decision to sack him at the end of the 2017/18 season.
After what was a protracted managerial search following the departure of Ronald Koeman in October 2017, Allardyce was appointed to the role over a month later - taking over after a caretaker spell with David Unsworth at the helm. At the time the Blues found themselves in 13th in the Premier League table, five points above the relegation zone after 14 games of the campaign.
The new boss guided the side to eighth by the end of the term, but was never really accepted by Evertonians and was sacked shortly after the campaign had been brought to a close. Speaking to Kammy and Ben's Proper Football Podcast on BBC Sounds, the former boss described his belief that outside influences had changed Farhad Moshiri's mind on his position after he initially believed he was building a side to go to Everton's new stadium.
