 | 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.
3 APRIL:
Martin O'Neill was at Craven Cottage on Saturday along with Eriksson to watch Fulham's defeat to Portsmouth.
O'Neill is one of the favourites for the England post and is believed to have had talks with the Swede after being invited to the match as a guest of Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed.
Any discussions between the two could have a vital say as the ex-Wycombe, Leicester and Celtic manager is also apparently being chased by Newcastle.
Meanwhile, the prospects of Guus Hiddink and Luiz Felipe Scolari taking over the England job have diminished.
Hiddink is set to leave PSV Eindhoven to boss Russia while Scolari is set to extend his contract with the Portuguese national team.
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:
2 April - "My meeting in March was the last time anything was said to me. As far as I am aware the FA is still talking and nothing is finalised."
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. If they must insist on a UK-born manager I think there is only one suitable candidate, and that's Martin O'Neill.
Iain Morris, England
England is a great team and need a great manager, so its either Scolari, Benetiz, Capello or The Special One with Alan Shearer as an under-study.
Michael, Jamaica
Luiz Felipe Scolari has to get the role. Just look at his international acheivements. Plus he isn't afraid to drop big names, something England need.
Rizwan Khan, England
Scolari would be perfect. He could introduce a measure of creative, energetic movement into the team. Moreover, he has more than proven himself successful on the highest stages.
Abhi, Washington, DC, USA
It has to be Sam Allardyce for me. His transformation of Bolton from also-rans to genuine European challengers demonstrates his abilities as a manager to be more than enough.
Jeff, England
I think if Frank Rijkaard would be the man to manage the England team. This would be exciting. Not sure how he is going to get along with Jose Mourinho.
Dominic Chan, Malaysia
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