Big Sam Allardyce admits he would love to be crowned King of the Jungle on I’m a Celeb.
The former England boss, 67, has turned down Strictly Come Dancing “several times” because he worries he’s past it.
He fears he would cop an injury and be left on the subs’ bench.
But the football manager “is very tempted” to go down under.
Former Everton manager Big Sam revealed: “I know Ant and Dec really well, of course.
“I have done for many years.
“They’ve tried to entice me on plenty of occasions over the years saying ‘Come on, big man. We’d love to have you on’.
“It has been tempting, to be fair. Very, very tempting. Very tempting.”
But wife Lynne fears her hubby would embarrass her on the show.
He exclusively told Ladbrokes: “She reckons I’d just try and take over everything.
“She thinks I’d be bossing everybody about.
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“So either she’d have to be in there with me, watching me all the time, or I’d be better off taking her advice and leaving it alone.”
The ex Bolton Wanderers boss says he has no plans to put his own footwork to the test on Strictly anytime soon.
Rumours circulated several years ago that he was thinking of swapping the dugouts for the dance floor.
But Sam revealed: “I’ve turned Strictly Come Dancing down a few times.
“I think it was probably one for me in my younger years.
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“If I was going to do it, I’d want to be totally focused on it, and that means spending the best part of 10 hours a day in training.
“I’m scared I’d injure myself at my age, because I’d want to train to win the show, to be the best I could possibly be.
“I don’t want to be laughed at on a show like that.”
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