West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce denies he's in talks to return to Sunderland.

Sunderland are targeting Big Sam to succeed interim boss Dick Advocaat at the end of the season.

But Allardyce said: "There is only one thing that needs to be sorted out here and that is me sitting down with the owners when they are ready to talk about me being at West Ham and nowhere else.

"Until that is resolved we won't know which way we are both going forward. That is the only thing that is to be sorted, to sit down and sort it out."