Sam Allardyce isn't expected to repeat his demands if Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn comes knocking again.

The Daily Mail says Allardyce, who has already made it clear how much he would like the vacant Sunderland job, is likely to be a lot less demanding than he was when approached by Quinn for the post before the Roy Keane appointment.

The Sunderland camp were rather taken aback when Big Sam, on top of a whopping salary, wanted to bring his entire back-room staff of 22 from Bolton with him. It has also emerged that the new Sunderland contract from which Keane walked away contained a highly lucrative signing-on fee.