Gareth Southgate does not want to succeed Roy Hodgson as England manager, according to reports.
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As Roy Hodgson spoke to the British press for the final time as England manager, the rest of the team packed their bags before boarding the coach in near complete silence.
Hodgson resigned via a brief statement in the aftermath of the match and was initially not scheduled to appear alongside FA chief executive Martin Glenn at media conference in Chantilly, but had a change of heart as he did not want to be accused of running away scrutiny.
Alan Pardew, Glenn Hoddle and Eddie Howe are the other high-profile English names being mentioned alongside Southgate as the favourites to replace Hodgson.
The selection process will be led by Glenn, FA board member David Gill and technical director Dan Ashworth – and they plan to conduct a widespread consultation process before narrowing down the contenders.
“I’m not saying we should have an English manager”, Bernstein said.
Hodgson has endured the brunt of savage criticism, but the inability of England’s players to think on their feet, take responsibility and punch their weight has once again fuelled the debate over just how talented they are.
“When we get them done, we will share them with you, ” he said of the criteria, having confirmed the new manager will not have to be based at St George’s Park.
“That, I think, is a brief”.
“It’s got to be somebody who really knows English football”, he said, as reported by The Guardian. “We have a major bridge to fix – had we played better last night that might not need repairing”.
“We’ve never played with any fear”, he said.
Glenn Hoddle, a former England manager who lost his job over comments about disabled people, and United States of America coach Jurgen Klinsmann are next in the running with the bookies. “When we get to the business end of a tournament, England seem brittle and we need to understand why that is”.
“It has to be the best person for the job”, he said.
“I feel progress will be made and one day we will see an England team do very, very well at a tournament and my hope is it will be in 2018”.
“I didn’t see, and neither did the players, the sort of performance we gave last night that saw us knocked out”.
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It would be up to them to come to me, because as far as I’m concerned I’m an ex-England manager. “It wasn’t a good night, for anyone”, Hodgson said.
