Roy HodgsonEngland manager’s replacement to have performance-based contract

Maybe we should just assemble a collection of amusing memes to manage England.

While the players are alleged to have got on “fine”, in the worst moments there was a clear divide among the staff about the team’s methods with Hodgson and Neville reportedly at odds with one another.

And FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn accepts that they will have to offer competitive terms if they are to recruit the right man.

“Absolutely”, he said. “I think there is an open question of ‘Could we use people like Steve or his organisation or others in a more structured way, in a way that we do with the development teams?'”

“But I think, in the modern world, you have to accept that, if the options aren’t there, you have to look overseas”.

Quoted by several national newspapers, the FA chief executive said: “To start off, it has to be results-orientated”.

“What are benchmark earnings for top-quality football management?”

“So, to get a really good person and they are earning £4m in a club, you have to be in that zone”.

The 58-year-old, who managed England between 1996 and 1999, has been tipped by a number of high-profile figures to succeed Roy Hodgson, including former England U21 manager Peter Taylor.

Germany, who knocked Italy out on their way to the Euro 2016 semi-finals on Saturday night, pay Joachim Low £2.15m a year, far less than Roy Hodgson’s £3.5m pay cheque.

England’s next game is a World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on September 4. If an appointment has not been made before then it is still possible Gareth Southgate, the Under-21s manager, will be asked to fill in purely for those two games.

And he had already discussed a captaincy commitment with Wayne Rooney through to the next tournament. So when you look at the total package it’s a little bit different.