Arsene Wenger won't take it, he has a new 3 year deal to stay with Arsenal, after this season.

I don't think the FA will go for many of those as the next England boss. Lippi, Cappello and Mourinho are the only ones I can realisitcally see. Lippi rejected Birmingham and you can see why if possibly the England job was in the pipeline! But all of those 3 would be good choices.

 

Alan Shearer - nice a guy as he is, and i'm sure he'd be a good manager but giving him the England job now would be suicide. He's un-proven and at the moment the most English fans are furious, and I can't see their fury dying down if the FA hired an un-proven manager like Shearer; would be like McLaren all over again!

Jose Mourinho 5/1 - No chance, wants to be a club manager and day to day involvement, said not long ago he didn't want to be an international manager till 10 years time

 

Martin O' Neil 11/2 - Turned down the England job last time because the FA would not let him choose his own backroom staff, can't see them changing their mind

 

Luis Scolari 6/1 - Assaulting an opposition player has probably put paid to any chances and he can't speak English

 

Gus Hiddink 7/1 - Abramovich bankrolls him, no chance

 

Stuart Pearce 10/1 - If he isn't good enough for Forest and Man City he isn't good enough for England

 

Marcello Lippi 12/1 - Poor English

 

Alan Shearer 12/1 - Never manager a club, of very limited intelligence too so would be a joke if he became boss

 

Sam Allardyce 16/1 - Has hardly set the world alight at Newcastle

 

Harry Redknapp 16/1 - My choice, charismatic, brilliant with the media, great at working with young players

 

Fabio Capello 16/1 - Wanted £9m a year to manage Spurs, his wage demands would bankrupt the FA

 

Arsene Wenger 16/1 - More chance of me being the next pope sadly

 

Alan Curbishley 16/1 - Done nothing of note as a club manager

 

Steve Coppell 20/1 - 1 season wonder, Reading have been found out now

 

Paul Jewell 25/1 - Quit Wigan because he had a nervous breakdown, he thinks Wigan was tough wait till he sees England lol

 

Steve Bruce 33/1 - More chance of Bruce Forsyth getting the job

 

Odds of 33/1+ on Martin Jol

 

hmmmmm tempting

 

Uncle Buck would probably do quite well as an international manager and is very good with the media

Steve McClaren has been sacked as England coach, the Football Association has confirmed.

 

Assistant coach Terry Venables has also lost his job after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008.

 

Source: BBC Sport

 

He's gone then...

 

It's just a matter of who'll replace him now.

Euro 2008 qual. - McClaren sacked

Eurosport - Thu, 22 Nov 10:13:00 2007

 

Coach Steve McClaren has been sacked after the defeat by Croatia knocked England out of Euro 2008.

 

Assistant manager Terry Venables has also had contract terminated by the Football Association.

 

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick will now lead the recruitment of a new coach although no timeframe has been put on the appointment of McClaren's successor.

 

FA Chairman Geoff Thompson told a packed news conference: "At a meeting of the board this morning, the FA board unanimously decided to terminate the contract of England head coach Steve McClaren with immediate effect.

 

"The board have also decided to terminate the contract of the assistant head coach Terry Venables.

 

"The board have agreed that there will be a full investigaton of the full England senior set up. This will begin immediately.

 

"Brian Barwick, the FA chief executive, will head this up and will report to me. He will also be given the responsibility of finding the new head coach.

 

"There is no definitive timeframe for the recruitment of the head coach. We will do everything we can to get the right man."

 

Calls for manager McClaren's head started seconds after England's 3-2 loss at Wembley ended their hopes of reaching next year's tournament in Austria and Switzerland.

 

The defeat confirmed their absence from a major tournament for the first time since the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

 

The beleaguered McClaren accepted full responsibility for England's failure to reach the finals but, at a news conference after his team's loss, ruled out resignation.

 

However that proved to be academic after the Football Association announced the early morning board meeting leading to McClaren's departure after just 18 games in charge, the shortest tenure of any coach in the post.

 

McClaren, who took over from Sven-Goran Eriksson as England coach after the 2006 World Cup, had two years left of his four-year contract.

 

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is favourite to be the next England manager.

 

Bookmakers made Mourinho, Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill and Portugal boss Luis Felipe Scolari among the front-runners to take over from McClaren.

 

Eurosport

 

...maybe it's time to start punishing the players, too? I think it's high-time they were placed on 'performance related pay' - which would be a big incentive for these ridiculously overpaid guys to actually work harder for their cash?

Shame it didnt come sooner tbh, but hey, he's gone!!!!!! :D

Best news I heard all day, I wish they done it sooner, oh well... its done now.

I am very sorry that McLaren is sacked but it was just behind the corner even before last night match...

 

I still can't bealive that England team played like they played... I do bealive that I was the ONLY croatian who was supporting England... And I alomost cried when Petrić scored for 2-3.

 

I have no idea how will EURO 2008 look like without ENGLAND!!! :cry:

 

 

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I have no idea how will EURO 2008 look like without ENGLAND!!! :cry:

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I should think police officers in the host country will be celebrating wildly today

 

While England do have a tradition the fact is our yobs disgrace the country when they go to overseas football tournaments

I am very sorry that McLaren is sacked but it was just behind the corner even before last night match...

 

I still can't bealive that England team played like they played... I do bealive that I was the ONLY croatian who was supporting England... And I alomost cried when Petrić scored for 2-3.

 

I have no idea how will EURO 2008 look like without ENGLAND!!! :cry:

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Well, I'm happy for Croatia.

It might turn out to be a blessing in disguise because now there will be a more serious look at why England don't produce great footballers at the moment, and especially don't produce(or don't select!) even an average Goalkeeper.

 

It wasn't the game against Croatia that made the difference it was earlier games with equally poor performances against Israel and Russia.

The FA must go for Capello if he said those things, they'd be idiots not to. He has won the league everywhere he has gone. The most successful manager England can hope for.

The FA must go for Capello if he said those things, they'd be idiots not to. He has won the league everywhere he has gone. The most successful manager England can hope for.

 

They can't afford Capello

 

Its like me wanting my pc repaired and asking for Bill Gates to come look at it

 

Capello's wage demands are 9m a year, I would be pissed off if the FA paid that sorta money

 

If the FA want Cappello then I think they'll get him, regardless of how much his wages may be.

 

Apparently Mourinho isn't interested in the job at all, but we'll see. :lol:

Latest Odds:

 

William Hills.co.uk

 

Martin O' Neill 2/1

Jose Mourinho 4/1

Fabio Capello 4/1

Alan Shearer 9/1

Harry Redknapp 10/1

Luis Scolari 12/1

Stuart Pearce 16/1

Marcello Lippi 20/1

Guus Hiddink 20/1

Martin Jol 25/1

Steve Coppell 25/1

Jurgen Klinsmann 25/1

Alan Curbishley 25/1

Sven Goran Eriksson 33/1

Arsene Wenger 33/1

Sam Allardyce 40/1

Paul Jewell 40/1

Steve Bruce 50/1

 

I think my fellar should be the next England Manager. :lol: He is very knowledgable about football and also has the mind of a manager. He has very lengthy convo about footie to his friends and that. He has the ability to do it! He would do an good job but the thing is he is Welsh and probably wouldn't manage England.

 

I hope Jose Mourinho will think about giving it a shot. I know he isn't from this country but I know he'd do an amazing job.

 

The thing is with England they don't have many wizz players like Wayne Rooney, Drogba, Ronaldo.

The thing is with England they don't have many wizz players like Wayne Rooney, Drogba, Ronaldo.

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Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho does not want to succeed Steve McClaren as England manager, BBC Sport understands.

Mourinho, 44, has been out of football since leaving Stamford Bridge in September but is believed to be waiting for a club rather than a national post.

 

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has also said he does not want the England job.

 

But ex-Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello says he is interested and Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp and Reading's Steve Coppell have not ruled themselves out.

 

Radio 5 Live's football correspondent Jonathan Legard said: "Mourinho is apparently champing at the bit to return to football management.

 

"But not for a job, however lucrative and high profile, that only allows him to do what he does so well - working with players - a couple of times every few months.

 

"He's like a lion in a cage, I was told, but a national job, even such a special post like England, would only appeal at a later stage in his career and the chances are even then that would only be the Portugal job.

 

I've got a massive job at Reading, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm very happy with that

 

"Far more attractive for the former Chelsea title winner at the moment is a top European club vacancy and as he waits for that, so the FA must come to terms with the size of their task."

 

The Football Association's chief executive Brian Barwick has begun his search for a replacement for McClaren, who was sacked on Thursday after England failed to reach Euro 2008.

 

And Capello, 61, who has won league titles with Real, AC Milan and Roma, said: "It would be a beautiful challenge. I am the right age."

 

Allardyce was Bolton manager when he was touted for the England job which McClaren got 18 months ago.

 

He has since become Newcastle manager and says he wants to honour the new contract he recently signed.

 

"I am not in a position like I was at my old club where the chairman openly extended the invitation for me to go for the position," Allardyce said.

 

Redknapp said: "Anybody would love to manage their country but I don't see it coming my way.

 

"It's a great job for somebody. It's an opportunity to work with the best players in this country and for me still, despite what anyone might think, a group of some of the best players in the world."

 

Coppell did not rule himself out of the running although he said he was still under contract at Reading.

 

"It's a non-issue, I have a contract here," he said. "I'm English so people link me.

 

"I've got a massive job at Reading, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm very happy with that."

 

While Capello has attracted support from punters, Mourinho's lack of interest leaves Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill as the bookies' favourites for the job.

 

O'Neill was rejected by the Football Association after interviewing for the role before McClaren's appointment and may be reluctant to put himself in the frame again.

 

Meanwhile, former England captain Paul Ince believes the FA should re-appoint Glenn Hoddle.

 

The 50-year-old was England boss for three years before being sacked in February 1999 after suggesting that disabled people were being punished for sins in a previous life.

 

Ince told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I wouldn't look any further than Hoddle. He did a very good job and he wasn't sacked for footballing reasons.

 

"The FA has got to forget about what happened years ago, they've got to be bold and brave.

 

"Hoddle is sharp, bright, meticulous and he's English, but whether the FA is prepared to go back is not my decision."

 

Capello was sacked by Real at the end of last season despite winning the Spanish title and he is available as he is now working as a commentator for Italian television

 

Source: BBC Sport

 

I don't see why O'Neill is the bookies favourite. I think he'd be an excellent choice, but the FA passed up the chance to offer him the job last time in favour of McLaren and now he's settled in at Villa.

 

And I don't think there's any way that the FA could ever re-appoint Hoddel. :lol:

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho does not want to succeed Steve McClaren as England manager, BBC Sport understands.

Mourinho, 44, has been out of football since leaving Stamford Bridge in September but is believed to be waiting for a club rather than a national post.

 

Wasn't it reported when Chelsea gave him the elbow that his contract had a clause that means he couldn't manage another team in England, including the national team?

the papers say all sorts of pap, after all it's in the first three letters :lol:

 

Mourinho would be excellent, the fans would love him, and he knows a lot of the English players, BUT I just can't see him wanting it, and it's unlikely we'll get him in the future. TBH, i think he's watching Milan and Barcelona very carefully.

 

Rafa Benitez is refusing to rule himself out of the job apparently