ENGLISHMEN HEAD QUEUE FOR TOP JOB
THE English candidates interested in becoming the new England manager will be given proper consideration thanks to support from within the FA board for a homegrown successor to Roy Hodgson. FA chief executive Martin Glenn, who yesterday met vice-chairman David Gill and technical boss Dan Ashworth for the first time to draw up a shortlist, has said they will consider foreign coaches as they seek the ‘best man for the job’. As Sportsmail revealed this week, World Cup-winning former Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has already expressed interest. But any decision made by the threeman appointment panel has to be rubber-stamped by the FA board and they will be encouraged to consider the English options before looking at candidates from further afield such as Scolari or Jurgen Klinsmann. Among the English managers thought to be keen on at least talking to the FA are Glenn Hoddle, Sam Allardyce, Steve Bruce, Eddie Howe and Alan Pardew — even though Crystal Palace boss Pardew yesterday made it clear in his Sportsmail column that he thinks it is too soon for him to take the job. Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, has said he would like to work as an adviser to a younger manager, having lost out to Hodgson in 2012 when strongly tipped for the job. Glenn’s remark that they would reopen the door to a foreign appointment was seen as less than encouraging for English managers. But the fact board members favour an English boss is more positive for homegrown coaches. . Managers with close links to the Premier League will also be looked on more favourably than a total outsider, with Arsene Wenger a strong candidate, despite Arsenal’s desire to agree a new deal.