Rooney: Next England manager doesn’t have to be English

“When England went behind, many of those players will have been thinking of the consequences of defeat as much as what to do to get back in the game”. “England seem brittle and we need to understand why”.

England have won just six knockout games at major global tournaments since winning the World Cup 50 years ago. I have no problem with Gareth going in and taking the job but I would like to see someone come in above him who has experienced this situation before because the U21 situation and the full squad are totally different. But, in the wake of arguably the most embarrassing result in the national team’s 144-year history, he is intent upon appointing “the best man for the job”.

“This is not about a lack of passion from our players”.

Glenn has announced that his organisation will now carry out a “definitive review” of what happened at Euro 2016 and “canvas opinion across the game” before announcing a permanent successor to Hodgson.

England have taken steps to address psychological shortcomings by using Steve Peters, a renowned psychiatrist who has previously worked with Liverpool, British Cycling and UK Athletics.

He has not managed for 10 years since leaving Wolves, but according to Wilkins he is nonetheless the man to take England forward and fulfil the potential of the current crop of players. I know one thing, if I was the manager coming in I’d be very excited.

“I’m sure whoever gets the job will deserve it”, he said.

“It never is the players’ fault when England crash out of a competition, is it?”

“Game management” became a hot England topic after a tactically ill-disciplined 2-1 loss to Uruguay under Hodgson saw them eliminated after just two games at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The weight of expectations on England to succeed at the European Championship caused a psychological breakdown in their humiliating round-of-16 exit to Iceland on Monday, Belgium defender Vincent Kompany said. Despite strong odds to be a contender at Euro 2016, England tied with Russian Federation and Slovakia in the group stage to miss out on winning their group and then lost to Iceland.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is entering the final year of his contract with the Gunners, and Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri have been linked with the post, but Glenn refused to discuss names when he appeared at a press conference.

CHANTILLY, France (AP) – The day after the night before, the confusion and pain from the seismic defeat that cost Roy Hodgson his job as manager of England was still written large on his craggy face. Some people have described it as “fear”.

“We’ll be looking for the best person for the job”, said the FA’s CEO, Martin Glenn. “So much is going to be written about our failure to get to the quarterfinals that nothing I can say would do anything other than fuel the flames, possibly”.