Teddy Sheringham will make his first steps in management after agreeing terms with Stevenage to take over at the club.

The former England striker has spent the season as West Ham's attacking coach under Sam Allardyce, but is keen to try his hand as a manager.

Stevenage confirmed they were in talks with the 49-year-old and Sportsmail understands that a deal has been agreed, although it is not expected to be officially announced until next month.

West Ham attacking coach Teddy Sheringham has agreed a deal to become the new manager of Stevenage

Sheringham has been a part of West Ham's coaching staff for the past year but has never been a manager

TEDDY SHERINGHAM FACTFILE Clubs: Millwall, Aldershot, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham, Manchester United, Tottenham, Portsmouth, West Ham, Colchester Total club appearances: 908 Total club goals: 350 England caps: 51 England goals: 11 Advertisement

The League Two club will part company with current manager Graham Westley, who was unable to guide them to promotion after they were knocked out of the play-offs by Southend.

Sheringham, who played for Manchester United, Tottenham and West Ham, will join the club with the expectation to lead them to promotion into League One.

Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace said: 'Graham Westley couldn't have done more from a results viewpoint this season, but Graham's been Stevenage manager for eight of the past 12 years and that's a long time at this level of football.

'Our board doesn't dishonour contracts at a whim, so even when things weren't going well in 2014, we kept the faith and our faith was rewarded by results in 2015.

He added: 'Graham may now have some football offers coming in that we wouldn't be able to match and I know he has some opportunities outside of football to consider.

'Despite the utmost respect and appreciation I have for everything he's done for Stevenage FC, sometimes you have to accept that a business needs to change to refresh itself and evolve.

Sheringham will replace Graham Westley after Stevenage failed to reach the League Two play-off final

Sheringham retired in 2008 after a lengthy career with clubs including Manchester United and Tottenham

'Sometimes that means management, sometimes it means owners and sometimes it means both. Change inevitably brings risk and that can't be avoided, but at some stage change in a football club has to occur if it's been shown that attendances do not provide sufficient funds for a successful team.'

Sheringham told Sky Sports News: 'I'm looking forward to going there and seeing what they have to say.