 | 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.
2 APRIL:
Some England players, without naming names, have talked about the need for Eriksson's replacement to have experience of the highest level of football club management.
But Paul Robinson has taken it one stage further and has become the first to trumpet the credentials of his club manager at Tottenham - Martin Jol.
He said: "We've heard a lot of names being bandied about as a new England manager but I'm very surprised Martin Jol's hasn't been included too.
"A great deal of success and progress we have made is definitely down to the manager. He's very clever tactically."
Meanwhile, outspoken Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has also chipped in with his two cents.
When asked if he was worried about his manager Iain Dowie replacing Sam Allardyce at Bolton, he said: "If Sam gets the England job then we have all got bigger things to worry about than if Iain replaced him.
"I like Sam and have a tremendous respect for him but he is managing without expectations.
"Managing England is the biggest job in world football. If you are looking at someone who has won things and managed world-class players, Mourinho's the man."
WHAT ARE THE MANAGERS SAYING?
Sam Allardyce:
1 April - "It's one of the biggest jobs in the world and I'm at the stage now when I think I'm ready."
Gerard Houllier:
29 March - "I have not put my name forward and I have not been interviewed."
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. Pearce with Nigel Clough and or Alan Shearer as his assistants. Failing that Bobby Robson and Pearce,Clough and Shearer learning the ropes under the greatest living Englishman. Arise Sir Bobby.
Robin, England
As a pom living in Australia, the only suitable candidate I can see is Guus Hiddink. McClaren, Pearce and Allardyce have won nothing significant and have little experience on the world stage.
Trevor Robinson, Australia
Big Sam has to get the role, he gets players motivated like Stuart Pearce but has a lot more experience as a manager
Si Minshall, England
Give it to 'Big Jack' Charlton. He got Ireland to the quarter-finals of World Cup in 1990. He also has a World Cup winner's medal. So why not?
Gary , Australia
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