Baggies boss held talks with the FA at Wembley on Monday and after being seen reportedly leaving with an itinerary for Euro 2012, an announcement is thought to be imminent
West Brom boss Roy Hodgson is likely to be named the next England manager on Tuesday after holding talks with the FA at Wembley on Monday and leaving the stadium with a draft itinerary for Euro 2012.
The 64-year-old met with a four-man panel
after being given the all clear by his club to hold talks with the FA
on Saturday, and is the only name in the frame for the job.
The FA has said that Hodgson is the only person it has approached regarding the job ahead of the European Championships in June.
The
four-man panel that will make the final decision over who succeeds
Fabio Capello are David Bernstein, FA general secretary Alex Horne, FA
director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking and managing
director of Club England Adrian Bevington.
Harry Redknapp has been touted by many as the
favourite for the role since the departure of the 65-year-old Italian
in February, but the FA decided not to contact the Tottenham manager.
One
of the concerns the FA is said to have had over the Spurs boss is
whether he shared their vision for the National Football Centre in
Burton, designed as a £100 million centre of excellence for coaching.
Hodgson's
contract with West Brom ends on June 30, and it is expected that he
will be offered a long-term deal that will span to Euro 2016.
The
Baggies manager has extensive international experience, beginning his
managerial career at Swedish side Halmstad in 1976, and has since
managed the national sides of Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and
Finland, as well as domestic sides in Italy and England.
Regarding speculation that the FA planned to appoint a successor in the coming week, Hodgson recently told BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's news to me."
"I shall just watch like everyone else interested in football to see who the next England manager will be.
"I
don't know what the plans are of the FA, as I've said all along.
They've got a job to do. I'm sure they have looked into the sort of
candidates that they consider potentially right for the job.
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"No doubt, if you say next week, we'll find out which candidate they have plumped for."
The
former Liverpool manager has successfully guided West Brom to a
comfortable position in the table and to a record third season in the
Premier League, while Albion chairman Jeremy Peace remains hopeful that
he will stay on at the Hawthorns.
"Roy has done a fantastic job
over the past 15 months and the fact the FA wants to discuss the England
role with him is testament to that," he enthused.
"Roy is a
proud Englishman and we can understand why he wants to speak to the FA
about this highly prestigious managerial position.
"However, we
have emphasised to Roy how much we would like him to remain as our head
coach and continue his major contribution to our project at the
Hawthorns as we look to establish ourselves as a Premier League club.
"Everyone here has an excellent working relationship with him and he is immensely popular with our supporters."
"Roy is a proud Englishman and we can understand why he wants to speak to the FA"
- West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace
Stuart Pearce had been in temporary charge of the national side
while the FA made their decision, and recently stated that he would be
prepared to lead the team at Euro 2012, despite also being responsible
for the England Under-21 side and Team GB at the Olympics.
England
have only two fixtures before there Euro 2012 opening game aganst
France on June 11, having planned friendlies with Norway and Belgium on
the May 26 and June 2, respectively.
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- West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace
