West Bromwich Albion must hire a manager with experience of the English game.

That is the opinion of Sam Allardyce, who is leaving the job at the end of the season after their relegation to the Championship.

Allardyce took over at the Baggies midway through the season, but could not improve them enough to avoid the drop.

"You've got to look at what success they've had, wherever that might have been, whether that's in the lower divisions or in this league itself," Allardyce said when asked who the club should hire to replace him, per the Express and Star.

"I still think it's risky sometimes taking a foreign manager in this league to try to get up in your first season unless he's a foreign manager who's already in this country.

"If he knows about this country and the way it works that might be an option but to bring somebody in without experience is a lot more risky than somebody in this country, either British or foreign, that already knows the way it works here.

"And I think it's more about sustainability and building because only one in three clubs go up on average in their first year. It may take a bit longer."