Fulham boss Roy Hodgson concedes he has ambitions of managing England.

Hodgson says the Three Lions job would be the one thing that could lure him away from Fulham.

He told the Sunday Telegraph: "It's perfect here at Fulham, but if I were to look beyond Fulham it would have to be a top-class national team - and what better one than your own? Of course, if the FA wanted me I'd love to do it. I would have no hesitation in accepting.

"It passed me by on two occasions - when Kevin Keegan got it, then Sven-Goran Eriksson. I regard the job as the pinnacle of English football. I was very close to Bob Robson, especially towards the end of his life, and he always told me his proudest moment was managing England. I was with Terry Venables the other day and his proudest moment was managing England. I'm patriotic. I don't go down to the Southampton docks and wave the flag when they go off to the Falklands War, but England has been good to me. I'm proud to be English.

"It's unlikely to happen for me; my chance has probably gone. Fabio is going to be there until 2012 and I shall be 65 and they might not be interested in 65 year-old coaches and a lot of other people will have come up along the way. We don't even know who is going to be in charge of the FA in two years' time."