 | 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.
28 MARCH:
The focus has switched to the future of Sven-Goran Eriksson with the Swede being listed as one of the candidates to take over at Real Madrid after he leaves the England post.
The other names on Real president Fernando Martin's list include Fabio Capello.
Capello has also been linked as Eriksson's successor and the FA could face a tug-of-war with the Spanish club if both parties decide the Italian is the man for them.
"It is going to come from one of seven coaches," said Martin. "We are clear about what type of coach we want and we want one of the ones that you all know.
"I am not going to say them in order of preference, but they are (Jose) Mourinho, (Fabio) Capello, Rafael (Benitez), Arsene (Wenger), Carlo (Ancelotti), (Marcelo) Lippi and (Sven-Goran) Eriksson."
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."
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. Can we please include foreigners. It's the most absurd and backward way of thinking to rule out anyone who is not English. Get the best man for the job, regardless of nationality.
Kaspian Giovanni, UK.
The most important thing in international football is that the manager can compete tactically. There is not one English manager who can do this. It has to be Hiddink, Cappelo or, at a push, Scolari.
Frazer, UK.
I hear that Capello may be leaving Juve at the end of the season and if the rumors are true then it has to be him. He is a class act. He has delivered success wherever he has been.
Tom, Nottingham.
I really don't think that any english managers at the moment have the calibre to take over the England job.
James Lynch, England
Hiddink for me. Why everyone thinks a foreign manager is a bad idea is beyond me. We got the best man available at the time with Sven and must do so again regardless of nationality. We must have quality. Hurry up before we miss out.
Gary Ward, England
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