In the final hour of the transfer window frenzy on Thursday, Sam Allardyce was Sky TV's guest of honour in the chair marked "out-of-work manager seeking employment".
Big Bluff Sam, 63, wanted to show he still has the wheeler-dealer instinct that manoeuvred him - so far - through a dozen managerial roles.
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