Yet interim coach Gareth Southgate may end up keeping it given the paucity of top-class English managers around. The English Football Association's preference is that an Englishman coaches the national team, but there's hardly a queue of top-quality candidates. Pardew and Howe are in charge of unfashionable Premier League clubs (Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, respectively) and Bruce recently quit as manager of Hull. "He knows the people, he knows the team, he knows the setup at St. George's Park. The problem for English coaches is they are rarely given the chance to prove themselves at the leading Premier League clubs, who prefer foreign managers.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 28, 2016 15:33 UTC