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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says that Manchester United are the dream team to manage in the Premier League.

But he insisted that managing West Ham is a 'dream' job too - admitting he would have got a plenty of stick from Hammers fans if he didn't say so.

Speaking on the Clare Balding Show, which is shown on BT Sport and the BBC, he said: "If I didn't say West Ham were the dream club to manage then I'd be in trouble with West Ham fans... but it has been a dream club to manage.

"There has always been one [dream club] - and that is Man United.

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"Playing at Old Trafford myself and then going back there as a manager, so I think probably in this country, they are the one."

When asked what his biggest managerial disappointment was, he revealed it was missing out on the job of England manager.

After Sven-Goran Eriksson left the national team, Allardyce appeared to be the favourite for the position.

He said: "The biggest disappointment for me was not being the England coach when it became touch-and-go between me and Steve McClaren at the end."

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Allardyce also revealed that he had two interviews for the post of Three Lions boss and it was after them that he was told that it was between him and McClaren.

But he knew that McClaren had been given the job as he had not been given the phone call before Bolton's match with Middlesbrough in the Premier League.

The full interview can be seen on BT Sport on Thursday evening and the BBC on Friday.