Swansea City boss Paul Clement admits he was close to joining the England staff during Sam Allardyce's short time in charge.

Swansea meets Allardyce's Everton on Monday night.

Clement said: "We were so close to working with each other, but Bayern said 'no.' It was always only going to be a part-time role, I was not going to leave Bayern.

"I understood why Bayern said 'no'. They wanted me to concentrate solely on Bayern and rightly so with a club of that size. But I was disappointed because it would have been a great honour to work with the national team.

"So Sam appointed Craig Shakespeare and now they are working together at Everton."