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'Genius' - new Leeds boss Sam Allardyce has an unexpected ally in Man City manager Pep Guardiola

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They might be at perceived polar ends of the football spectrum but a healthy mutual respect exists between new Leeds United manager Sam Allardyce and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

The latter is trying to guide the Blues to a Treble this season ahead of the final few weeks of the campaign while Big Sam has been parachuted into Elland Road to try and ensure Leeds beat the drop over the final four games.

The Yorkshire club are outside the bottom three on goal difference and in a battle with Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, Everton and the seemingly doomed Southampton to avoid the drop into the Championship.

The Whites axed boss Javi Gracia in the wake of a 4-1 thumping at Bournemouth on Saturday with the Spaniard lasting less than three months at Elland Road. ALSO READ: Julian Alvarez shows Man City they can cope without Jude Bellingham It heralded the return of Allardyce, who has been out of football since suffering relegation while at West Brom in 2021.

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