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Sam Allardyce has reiterated his desire to be in charge of West Ham next season despite being on Sunderland's wanted list.

Allardyce is one of the names in the frame to become Black Cats boss in the summer.

Dick Advocaat was handed the reins for the rest of the campaign following Gus Poyet's sacking on Monday.

Allardyce's is a contender for the job long term with his Hammers future up in the air and talks over a new deal on hold until the end of the season.

But he said: "I'm West Ham manager and I'm contracted to West Ham and don't expect anything other than somewhere along the line we'll be talking about a contract here.

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"If that contract is right, yes (I will be here next summer)."

West Ham are Advocaat's first Premier League opponents and Allardyce admits the pressure is on his players after just one win in their last 12 games.

Allardyce said: "The players have got a huge amount of pressure on because West Ham fans will expect them to win against Sunderland because of their position in the league and anything less than that they'll be struggling to accept."