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Jet-lag made me back ‘Sam must go’ tweet says West Ham co-chairman David Gold
WEST Ham co-chairman David Gold has blamed jet-lag for a social media mistake that suggested he wanted manager Sam Allardyce to go.
Having travelled with the club on their pre-season tour of New Zealand, Gold favourited a tweet sent to him by a supporter which called for Allardyce to be sacked.
"Is today the day we get rid of BFS?? @davidgold fingers crossed," it read.
Allardyce remains under pressure having survived calls last season for him to be replaced, with 'BFS' a derogatory nickname bestowed upon him by unhappy supporters who are not pleased with the style of football adopted by the former Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn boss.
Gold used Twitter to again publicly support the current manager.
I should clarify that I did not and would never deliberately or intentionally endorse a tweet that questions our manager's position
"After a 33 hour flight from New Zealand, I was in my car scanning through my tweets and it seems I accidently (sic) favourited one," he wrote.
"I should clarify that I did not and would never deliberately or intentionally endorse a tweet that questions our manager's position. Lesson: don't use twitter when you're jet lagged!"
Allardyce has not had much good news of late but he will be delighted that Ecuador striker Enner Valencia has been granted a work permit to complete his move to West Ham.
With club-record signing Andy Carroll ruled out for four months following surgery on an ankle injury, Allardyce will be keen for Valencia to join up with his new team-mates sooner rather than later.