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Hung out to Dry: Sam Allardyce - Source: Reuters
Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce has had his mobile phone confiscated by his wife to prevent him ringing his stand-in during matches while he prepares for heart surgery.
"Sam and I have been keeping in touch and he'll pick the team and sort out the tactics again," assistant manager Neil McDonald told the Sun newspaper ahead of Blackburn's Premier League game at Fulham on Thursday.
"We'll talk just before the game and after it - but he won't be able to speak to me during the match. His wife confiscated his phone on Monday. She will do the same this time probably."
Allardyce missed Blackburn's 2-0 win at Bolton Wanderers on
Monday and is also expected to be absent for Sunday's home game
against Stoke City.
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