England Test captain Alastair Cook has only ever played County Championship cricket for Essex, and he has just extended his stay with the county, who will be playing in Division One next year after winning promotion.

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Here is some more from Scotland boss Gordon Strachan ahead of Saturday's qualifier with Lithuania which is followed by a trip to Slovakia on Tuesday.

The Scot said both opponents have "good players" and are "good teams."

He added: "Lithuania is not a must win game. Winning (in Malta) makes you feel good.

"I have put some thought into the Slovakia game but we're concentrating on the Lithuania game. I know what we'll do against Slovakia as I've watched them in Euros."

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Daily Telegraph football correspondent Jason Burt: "There is a real fear that in football there's so much money in the game that it is encouraging people to be greedy.

"Obviously managers, agents and players believe they have short careers and believe they can chase the money and that's a culture that needs to stop. 

"I wasn't involved in the investigation, but my understanding is that they worked in prima facie evidence. it wasn't a journalistic fishing exercise. I think the FA needs to look at itself.This morning it looks like a dysfunctional organisation. They need to ask questions of themselves as to how they reached a decision to appoint Sam Allardyce."

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Scotland coach Gordon Strachan has been speaking ahead of his side's World Cup qualifiers with Lithuania and Slovakia.

Asked about the situation with Sam Allardyce he said: "I'm here to talk about our games. I don't think anyone is interested in my opinion.

"I have no idea if Scotland can take advantage of the England situation."

England and Scotland are both in Group B for World Cup qualification and meet at Wembley on 11 November.

You've heard from Sam Allardyce, and now you can vote on who should be the next full-time England manager.

You have 12 options - Steve Bruce, Sean Dyche, Glenn Hoddle, Eddie Howe, Jurgen Klinsmann, Gary Neville, Alan Pardew, Claudio Ranieri, Alan Shearer, Gareth Southgate and Arsene Wenger. If you don't like any of these suggestions then we also have an 'other' option. 

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Former England defender Danny Mills: "He put the FA in a difficult situation. They had to make a stand. Had he not gone by mutual consent he would have probably been fired. It was a huge error of judgement by Sam Allardyce. 

"He didn't do anything illegal but morally - and you're only two to three weeks into the job - their biggest problem would have been, being on £3m and to then start chasing money elsewhere that would have been a problem. 

"It's a huge embarrassment for everybody. I don't think the FA had much of a choice."

Here is Sam Allardyce speaking outside his home after leaving his role as England manager.

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James: Not Howe. If this had happened 2 years ago it would have been all Garry Monk, now stuck at Leeds. Howe could go the same way.

Martin Hardy: Above all else I want the @FA to show they have a strategy/long term plan. How do we want to play? Then find the right man.

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Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has recalled Shaun Maloney and Lee Wallace for the World Cup qualifying matches against Lithuania and Slovakia.

Both missed the 5-1 win over Malta, though Wallace had pulled out of the squad through injury.

Maloney, 33, scored five times for Scotland during their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.

Scotland face Lithuania at Hampden on 8 October, followed by a trip to Trnava to face Slovakia three days later.

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More from Sam Allardyce who refused to rule out returning to management and confirmed he is going abroad to reflect on the situation.

"The agreement was done very amicably with The FA and I apologise to those and all concerned in the unfortunate position I've put myself in," he added.

"I have a confidentiality agreement and I can't answer any more questions. I am going to go and reflect on it.

"I would like to wish Gareth (Southgate) and all of the England lads the best."

Asked if the job would be his last in football, he said: "Who knows. We'll wait and see."

Sam Allardyce speaking outside his home: "On reflection it was a silly thing to do but I helped out someone I have known for 30 years. 

"It was an error in judgement and I paid the consequences.

"Entrapment has won on this occasion and I have to accept that."

And Sam Allardyce is now in front of the cameras. We will bring you his quotes shortly.

Our chief football writer Phil McNulty has been explaining why he believes the FA had to be strong and let Sam Allardyce go as manager.

He says that the FA, "as guardians of the rules and the body that judges others", felt Allardyce's actions "weighed too heavily against him".  

"If the FA felt there was any justification for keeping Allardyce, it would surely have given him the benefit of the doubt," Phil writes.

"There will have been no serious appetite for the decision that was eventually taken unless it was unavoidable."

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says Spurs forward Son Heung-min "is on fire as you say in the media" after the South Korean scored in a 1-0 victory at CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday.

We're expecting to hear from Sam Allardyce in the next 30 minutes. 

Stay with us for updates.

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More from Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy: "I would prefer an Englishman... but Arsene Wenger would be fantastic but I don't know if he'd want to give himself the stress. 

"Eddie Howe is a fantastic young manager but I do understand the risk of a young man going into the job. 

"Crucially, before we start talking about what's next, If the Daily Telegraph has got evidence of other managers being corrupt, manipulating the system, we need to hear about it now, we need to get it out. The FA need to hear about it.

"How can we move forward in trying to appoint a new coach or manager when we don't actually know yet which ones are being accused of being corrupt."

Rico: Steve Bruce is the obvious. For a start he was in consideration earlier and he's available. He happy to be 2nd choice though? But personally I'd like to see Southgate get it. Give him a chance and I think he'd help restore some reputation to the team.

Santa Deerhound: Must go to someone who knows how to win. Not Hodgson, Allardyce, Pardew, Bruce, Howe. Winning 1st, image etc. 2nd

Ashley Bebbington: Eddie Howe for me. He's not the most experienced candidate, but his achievements with Bournemouth show his quality.

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