Teddy Sheringham is excited to be part of Sam Allardyce's coaching staff at West Ham United.
After five years out of the game, Sheringham revealed that he could not turn down Allardyce's offer to join the Hammers backroom staff.
"I'm really excited," he confirmed to whufc.com. "If you had asked me a year ago if I was going to get back into football, I wouldn't have believed you.
"For the last five years, I've been enjoying my life, but this just seemed the right time and when Sam made the phone call, it was the perfect situation for me - a couple of days a week and matchdays as well.
"The experience will be invaluable and the offer was too good to turn down."
Sheringham has known Big Sam for more than 30 years, having initially got to know the West Ham boss during their respective playing careers at Millwall in the early 1980s.
"I knew of Sam at Millwall and he obviously knew of me, and I have played against his teams over the last however so many years," Sheringham confirmed. "We have met each other out over the last few years and chatted about the old days and where I started and he finished up.
"We have an understanding and when he made that phone call, it was a lovely call to get."
