The Newcastle players' inability to put in the necessary work in on their game was to blame for Sam Allardyce losing his job as Newcastle manager, according to the former Bolton boss who would like his next job to be in Spain.

Allardyce insists he was building long-term foundations and it was far too easy to judge him after six months, but feels things would have been better on the field if the players had been more accommodating of his approach to the game.

"Perhaps I couldn't sell that to the players because they'd never been shown it before," Allardyce told The Times. "All that was said was, 'Go out and play.' But today's game is not like that.

"The level of preparation is so detailed that you can't just say, 'Off you go, off the cuff.' I was challenging them to adapt and maybe that was a problem. I think I gave the players too much too soon.

"Too direct? If those players had the ability to look at their ProZone stats instead of me shouting at them, they would have learnt more about their game than they've ever done. They would have learnt something about themselves.

"I don't know whether any of that played a part in losing my job. If other people listen to the Chinese whispers or the tittle-tattle, no manager would ever get the chance to build or be successful.

"Maybe I should have gone, 'Sod year two, sod year three, I'll just worry about tomorrow.' But I'm not like that. I try to build something that has sustainability, not a flash in the pan. I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses, but how can you judge?

"It is destined to be a great club somewhere down the line, but who can make it that I don't know. The longer it goes on without that success they think they deserve, the harder it is to achieve it, and they can't do it by changing managers all the time."

Allardyce is keen to get back into management in the summer and would be intrigued to get the opportunity to lead a side in La Liga.

"I'd be fascinated to see if they would appoint an English manager out there," Allardyce said.