Euro 2012 - English manager a priority for FA
FA chairman David Bernstein says the governing body will not rush into finding a replacement for Fabio Capello, but conceded the governing body would prefer to appoint an English or British candidate and that public opinion would be taken into account.
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Bernstein headed a press conference at Wembley on Thursday as the FA explained in greater detail the reasons behind Fabio Capello's resignation and its plans for the future of the national team, with Stuart Pearce confirmed as an interim manager for the friendly against Netherlands on February 29.
Key figures at the FA - including Bernstein, director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking, general secretary Alex Horne and managing director of Club England Adrian Bevington - will start the process of drawing together a shortlist for a permanent appointment on Friday.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is the overwhelming favourite to be appointed and Bernstein conceded that the FA would not rule out a possible job share prior to the Euro 2012 finals in June. He also said that following Capello's exit, the desire was to appoint an English or British manager.
"There is clearly a preference for an Englishman," Bernstein said. "There is a preference for an English person or a British person, but in the end we want the best person.
"Clearly an English or a British person would have a good start of the matter."
Bernstein said the FA was "open-minded" when it comes to the appointment of the next boss, and did not rule out an initial part-time role.
He said: "We don't want to rush anything. There's no need to rush anything. We'll give it proper consideration and it'll have high priority."
Sitting alongside Horne, Brooking and Bevington, Bernstein continued: "It'll be dealt with by the four of us. We've cleared diaries for tomorrow to start working on this."
Bernstein was keen not to get drawn into speculation over who could replace Capello in the long term, but promised the FA would act as swiftly as possible.
"I'm not going to go into discussions on individuals," he said. "We will do this as quickly and sensibly as we can but don't want to rush the process. We want to do it properly, do it professionally. We will put a shortlist together of key people. We will do it as soon as we can. It will be a major priority for us."
Both Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney have already called for Redknapp to replace Capello on Twitter, and it appears that the Spurs boss also has much support amongst the wider public.
Bernstein said that public opinion would play a role in the FA's thought process but denied that it would be the only consideration and said it would be unwise to have a single candidate in mind given future negotiations.
"We can't be driven by that," Bernstein said of calls for Redknapp's appointment. "We have to put a proper shortlist together."
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With all the commotion about the salaries of bankers how can UK afford 4 million quid a year for a person to in charge of 20 prima donnas for half a dozen games a year. Paul
The FA inability to pick a suitable manager grows more dire.They are the ones responsible for selecting them, I am still coming to terms with their statement that Fabio departure was amicable,they told him he could no longer have JT as captain because they intended to punish him for an alledged charge still to be proven, he upset the FA apple cart by expressing to the Italian press you are innocent until proven guilty and went on to state that JT would still be the captain. Out went the dictate by the FA he would have to climb down and say sorry. Then Fabio in his amicable type of manor said well ok I will resign and with a major european cup on the horizon they said thats alright fabio we will still honour the contract with all your italian staff being paid in full, see you Sunday for tea and crumpets.
After watching England under the two foriegn managers I remain convinced an Engish managers would not win any less than they have. I also believe that the players at the disposal of these manager are the best ever which means we have not fulfilled our potential.Under Harry Redknapp any team would aquit themselves, perhaps we might not be best but we will be English.
Fa chairman should go F himself
Terry dismissed for racisim by FA then FA say they want an ENGLISHMAN is this a joke.
i stiil belive rafa benitez, he can read and write for a start!! dont take poo of players, awsome cup winner. ans best of all he speaks english, and lives in england. sorry but the record stands for itself, rafa won loads in england what harry won again. rafa knows english footy though and though.
Ian Holloway for England manager!!!!!
lol at post 192... Terry is suspected of racism, Hoddle was a proven racist.
that the fa wants a Briton preferably an Englishman, it leaves them with Harry as the only suitable candidate. Yes Harry can take on the job; its a national call outside this, before the press and before games he will be a hero, he will long be forgoten in a few weeks
Harry should stick to his Totenharm empire, a team he has built, a less stressful job.
the same was said about Steve Mclaren
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we only went abroad for a manager when we'd exhausted all English candidates; there's only 2 candidates big enough for the job, one's probably too old so that leaves Mourinho; we want someone who won't accept second best, the English disease, that's why Australian coaches are appearing in rugby
Why does the England Manager have to be English ? I think Tony Pulis is Welsh (?) which means the FA would have the choice of Redknapp, Pardew and Hodgson by my reckoning. Hodgson DID have a reasonable reputation elsewhere (particularly Italy - but nothing compared to Capello's) and the other two are doing well in a very tight Premiership. Tottenham seem to be heading for a top three/four finish, but Newcastle could still end up in the bottom half of the league if Ba is injured. Tottenham play with, realistically, only five English players, of those, only two (Walker & Parker) have played twenty+ games this season and one of them is over thirty. It just doesn't make sense to pick any of these three Englishmen when they don't play English players, or have any current world standing. ALL other English managers are either in the lower leagues, or out of work - there are reasons for this too. Peter Taylor, I suspect even he would have to admit, is rubbish as a league manager, but knew how to put together a good English squad and got the best from them, as has Stuart Pearce. These are the only two, in my opinion (humble, but mine) with anything like a logical claim to the job; but as I started, "Why does the England Manager have to be English" ?
WOW this reminds me of a bunch of idiot programmed football supporters their clubs managers & board aka the collective masses fed by a hierarchy of lies deceit & deception supported by all of the levels of greed & power of such an organisation that manipulate all the free loading idiots that sustain the illusion.
The stupid the ignorant you keep lining the pockets of failures not to dissimilar to bankers a point in case. The point if you Muppet's have not worked out that Cappello & the FA orchestrated his exit & to keep you all thinking & contemplating the next big failure which will continue the waste of 100's of millions of your £ as you continue to be exploited into supporting the process!?
It will be interesting in due course to see how the pay inevitable pay off scandal for Cappelllo which will again distract from a multitude of future scenarios that the monkey mass football supporters will believe & support
Point in case I always find it interesting from a behavioural aspect that Brits living abroad will claim to suddenly irrespective of there social current UK background or geographical location always claim collectively to be “English” ignorance & bliss apply innit.
The whole aspect of having to be English for the next manager is nothing short of crazy, it should always be for the best candidate.
We have had 10 managers of the national team in the last 20 years when prior to that we had half a dozen since just post the 2nd world war & we have nothing as an infrastructure to our own national game so it always doomed to fail from the outset. Like it or not other countries are absolutely streets ahead of us & will be until we have the top English players playing regularly for the top teams either within England or for the top European clubs & I think you could count on 1 hand the players that could play for the top clubs in Europe currently in the Premiership that are English.
Stuart Pearce has been the easiest choice the FA could have made in the interim period & it won't surprise me if he has a chaparone going to the Euro's with him because he is the perfect fall guy for the FA to blame as well as the press.
I do not understand the overwhelming clamor for Harry to be made the next manager as much as I like the guy & the way Spurs play, England is a completely different kettle of fish all together, lets face it he'd be mental to leave Spurs as it stands anyway. What really troubles me is that there is not 1 stand out candidate as an Englishman in our own country that is head & shoulders above the rest, someone that every player in the squad would have the utmost respect for.
Anyone but Allardyce please
@185. Are you mad or what? I note you've changed your name from shlomo bernstein or whatever it was. Anyway, still the same rubbish. We get the message, you don't like jews. Build a bridge and get over it mate. The hatred is rotting your brain.
a tel ye hoo i wud like tae see in charge - somwan that takes bungs fae anti Englash scotsmen.
GLEN HODDLE...people overlook the fact that his record was very, very, good, AND he had England playing attractive football, WASN'T afraid to play the 18 year-old Michael Owen OR dispense with a Gascgoine in free-fall...
A certain Tony "Hey I'm a preddy straight kinda guy" Blair sealed Hoddle's fate by suggesting that Hoddle should be sacked over the "disabled" issue...and so a promising era ended.
185)This is a football forum not a political platform.Not interested in your post so go somewhere else to spout your rubbish.
Hands off Trapattoni!! you can have redknapp and enjoy having Beckham back too!
OK, all English player & Manager have to exam DNA!!! PURE ENG........lish!!!!!!!!!!!
With the three football aficionados pictured above, I'm sure England won't struggle to find a boss. lol!
"Club England", seriously, how fúcking gay does that sound? I bet none of these berks have played football in their life. This picture above sums up all that is wrong with football. What the fúck have they got to do with football and what footballing credibility allows these three gobshítes to decide who coaches the English national team? They are just creaming off all you mugs that rock up at wembley and pay a fortune. Adrian Bevington.....who the hell is he? Who'd he play for? No wonder you could not keep a genuine world class coach. Now you're stuck with the virtually potless wonder that is Harry Redknapp. Genius move!
I just don't think Harry can do better job than Capelo,even Capelo can't do nothing with English national team how would Harry will do!lol
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