Allardyce admits that he will need to re-invest in his squad again this summer as some players will inevitably leave and others will have to come in.
“I don’t want to go through next season with the same phases and challenges as we had this season,” Big Sam explained. “We need a bigger and better squad; there is no doubt about that. As much good as the players have done since I have been here - and I’m not criticising any of them whatsoever as they’ve given all that they’ve got - our job is always to improve the squad as you can’t stand still in this league.
“We’ve got to go out and find better players and hopefully that gives us more stability and better results sequence so we can move forward slowly but surely.”