 | KEY DATES 10/03 - FA meets with Curbishley for informal discussions 27/02 - Three-man team report to FA chairman Geoff Thompson 02/02 - The FA appoints three-man team to find new boss 26/01 - Barwick signals intention to appoint successor before World Cup 23/01 - Eriksson reveals he will stand down after World Cup |
The Football Association's search for a successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson is under way. The Swede will step down after the World Cup finals in Germany this summer.
FA chief executive Brian Barwick (pictured right), international committee chairman Noel White and Premier League chairman Dave Richards are the three men who have been appointed to find a new boss.
BBC Sport rounds up the latest news and speculation surrounding the vacant England job.
26 MARCH:
Bolton boss Sam Allardyce continues to insist he is the best candidate to take over Eriksson in the summer.
But if the FA appoint another foreigner to the hotseat, he admits he would feel let down.
Allardyce told The Sunday Mirror: "I would feel betrayed if the FA chose a foreign manager.
"Sven was the right man at the time, but the job must go to an Englishman."
And Allardyce is sure he is the man for the job. He said: "I don't think there is another manager in this country who has achieved as much as I have."
Middlesbrough's Australian striker Mark Viduka has thrown his weight behind Guus Hiddink to become the next England coach.
Viduka has seen Hiddink's work at close hand - with the Dutchman coaching guiding Australia to this summer's World Cup - and said: "He is definitely the best manager that I've worked with.
"If England chose him, they would perform outstandingly. He would bring them up to a different level, the level everyone is expecting."
WHAT ARE THE MANAGERS SAYING?
Sam Allardyce:
26 March - "I don't think there is another manager in this country who has achieved as much as I have."
Guus Hiddink:
24 March - "I've decided to stop as trainer with PSV at the end of this season, and that's about it."
Peter Taylor:
24 March - "My meeting was about the role, but I'm sure Alan Curbishley's meeting would have been for the role."
Fabio Capello:
24 March - "Within three years I will pack in coaching at club level and then I want to realise the dream I have always had inside me - England."
Luiz Felipe Scolari:
23 March - "I had an informal meeting with the English federation. I do not feel I am in a race to be the next England boss."
Alan Curbishley:
22 March - "I'm sure it will be stepped up in the next couple of weeks but I don't think anyone knows how."
Steve McClaren:
15 March - Studiously avoided answering questions about the latest speculation surrounding the England job before his Middlesbrough team beat Roma to reach the Uefa Cup quarter-finals.
Stuart Pearce:
13 March - "England is not a distraction for me, I don't take a great deal of interest in it."
Sam Allardyce:
3 March - "Everyone knows I would love to have the opportunity to be interviewed for the England job."
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
Send us your comments about the England manager's job using the form below and we will post a selection here. It must be Mick McCarthy: a passionate, English-born coach with World Cup experience as a player and manager and not afraid to drop big-name players.
Micheal, Ireland
According to Dutch newspapers Hiddink's agent says there are only two contenders - Martin O'Neill and Guus Hiddink.
Jeroen Jansen, Holland
The managers with proven international success are the ones we should go for - Scolari or Hiddink. We've seen what happens when the team is run on passion and we don't want another Keegan.
Richard, Scotland
If you get that Frenchman called Arsene Wenger you will have hit a jackpot for England.
Walyaula Masanza, Uganda
The fact of the matter is we don't have a English manager with the experience to mamage at the level required to do the team and the nation justice. Unfortunately we will have to look once more for a foreigner and they don't come much better qualified than Luiz Felipe Scolari. I don't have any problem what colour his passport is as long as he brings the bacon home.
Tommy, England
How about Neil Warnock. He's passionate, wouldn't be scared of dropping big-name players and would really motivate the team. The ideal England manager
Jack, England
Jack, Jack, Jack. I'm afraid Neil Warnock is almost as bad a suggestion as perhaps Gloria Hunniford would be - we don't need a mindless idiot in charge. My vote would go to Steve McClaren and my wild-card outside bet would go to Stuart Pearce.
Paul, UK
There is one manager amongst all those touted for the job that sticks out a mile as being the best man for the job - Hiddink. Pearce should be in there as an assistant learning the international ropes.
Scott, USA
There is no question in my mind that the most qualified person for the job is Luiz Felipe Scolari. He won a World Cup in 2002 with a Brazilian team that was literally one loss away from not qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in their history with several games to go during the qualification stage and you could see Portugal steadily improve with each successive game during Euro 2004. He has proven his ability to bring talented players together and make them play effectively as a unit, which is exactly what England needs. I am not concerned about his commitment to England being a foreigner. He is a proud, professional man who likes to win. No one out there can match his pedigree as an international manager.
Marcus, USA
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