England chief Sir Trevor Brooking admits Fabio Capello's successor may NOT be English.
His belief is somewhat at odds with the claims of Club England chief executive Adrian Bevington that Capello's replacement after Euro 2012 will definitely be from these shores.
"We've got to see what English people are available," the Football Association's director of football development told the London Evening Standard. "There's one or two who have got good club roles. So you could get to the situation where you identify a person. But he's locked into two years on a four-year deal with massive compensation. He can't unlock himself. Suddenly your three best English candidates might not be available."
The "one or two who have got good club roles" are Harry Redknapp (Tottenham) and Roy Hodgson (Liverpool) but, as Brooking admits: "Until they got the Spurs and Liverpool jobs, it was very difficult to get an English coach in the top half a dozen clubs." So would the pair be in a prime position come 2012?
"Roy and Harry are getting great experience but you're not going to squeeze me down to those two. There are other managers and it's not going to be my decision alone."
