 | 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.
30 MARCH:
The papers in England have gone cool on the Eriksson story today, focusing instead on domestic matters.
But Russian newspaper Sport Express has reported that Guus Hiddink - who has been linked with the England position - has been offered a lucrative two-year deal to take over as coach of Russia.
Negotiations are at an advanced stage and an announcement could be made as early as next week, with Hiddink taking over from July.
The debate continues to rage on the messageboards with opinion split between whether the FA should go for an Englishman or appoint a foreigner.
Micky from England says: "Is there an outstanding ENGLISH manager who is tactically astute, passionate and available? NO! Capello, Hiddink or Scolari for me, any one who says "It has to be an Englishman" is a completely one-eyed patriot looking at it with no common sense. If there was an outstanding English manager then pick him - but there isn't."
James Hirst from Wales counters: "It has to be an Englishman who will have the same passion and determination as the English fans, for this reason it has be to Sam Allardyce or Alan Curbishley, both good experienced English managers. Also Stuart Pearce and Steve McClaren as outside shots."
WHAT ARE THE MANAGERS SAYING?
Gerard Houllier:
29 March - "I have not put my name forward and I have not been interviewed."
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. I think we need a good, commanding leader. Therefore, Scolari is the one for me. He is top class and ENGLAND DESERVE HIM.
Joe Szekeres , England
I think it should be the best man for the best job and that man should be Guus Hiddink, because of his experience.
Tommy Jacobson, England
My heart says Pearce but my head says McClaren, so give Pearce the experience as no 2. What was the point of McClaren being no 2 to Sven if he doesn't get at least the Euro 2008 qualification to prove himself?
James Lankester, Bristol
The best manager in the world is available, and must want the job or else he would take over at Newcastle. Martin O'Neill is the man! Give him four years and he will deliver the World Cup.
Steven Lord, England
Martin O'Neill is the only man for the job, but if the FA want to take Bryan Robson off our hands feel free
JH, Redditch, England
Real Madrid shortlist: Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez, Arsene Wenger, Carlo Ancelotti, Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi. England shortlist: Sam Allardyce, Guus Hiddink, Alan Curbishley, Steve McClaren and Stuart Pearce. Need I say more?
Nigel Kotani, England
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