article_snippet: Allardyce admits Allardyce was wrong to claim Winston Reid had been tapped up after the West Ham defender finally penned a fresh contract with the club.
article_snippet: Allardyce said in January that it was 'highly unlikely' Winston Reid had not already verbally agreed to leave Upton Park given that Allardyce was yet to sign a new contract and went on to suggest earlier this month that Allardyce needed to rope in the questioning techniques of Jack Bauer from television's '24' to get an answer out of the player.
article_snippet: Winston Reid signed a new six-and-a-half year deal West Ham last week after West Ham appeared Winston Reid would leave .
article_snippet: Allardyce had said it was unlikely that Winston Reid had not verbally agreed to join another club .
article_snippet: But the 26-year-old, who will miss Saturday's trip to Arsenal through injury, has now signed a six-and-a-half-year contract to keep Winston Reid tied down to the east London outfit - with Allardyce quick to admit Allardyce had misread the situation. '
article_snippet: I was wrong, so I admit that,' Allardyce said when asked if Allardyce was surprised to see Winston Reid sign a new deal having questioned whether Winston Reid had been tapped up. '
article_snippet: Winston Reid agent would have sorted out a deal somewhere or other in this country.
article_snippet: Allardyce believes a strong showing for West Ham this season would have helped convince Winston Reid to stay put - insisting no club bigger than
article_snippet: Winston Reid fights for the ball with Tottenham striker Harry Kane during the recent match at White Hart Lane . '
highlights_snippet: Winston Reid signed new six-and-Allardyce-half year deal with West Ham last week .
  
highlights_snippet: Allardyce had said it was unlikely Winston Reid hadn't agreed to join another club .
  
highlights_snippet: But the West Ham boss has now admitted Allardyce was wrong to suggest that .