{"id":226467,"date":"2016-06-29T09:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=226467"},"modified":"2016-06-29T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T09:55:26","slug":"fa-considers-southgate-for-interim-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/fa-considers-southgate-for-interim-job\/","title":{"rendered":"FA considers Southgate for interim job"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Football Association is prepared to make Gareth Southgate interim England manager for the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign as it begins a global search for Roy Hodgson’s successor.<\/p>\n
Hodgson resigned after four years as manager following the humiliating Euro 2016 last-16 loss to Iceland in Nice on Monday.<\/p>\n
FA chief executive Martin Glenn, sitting alongside an emotional Hodgson in Chantilly, even suggested the search could take months – bringing Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger into the equation as he enters the final year of his contract at Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n
Glenn, asked if England Under-21 boss Southgate could take charge for the opening qualifier against Slovakia in September, said: “We’ll see.<\/p>\n
“We’d like to get one for the first World Cup qualifier, but if we don’t we have an interim plan in mind.<\/p>\n
“We are not talking about names but it would be a pretty obvious one to pick.”<\/p>\n
The selection process will be led by Glenn, FA board member David Gill and technical director Dan Ashworth – and they plan to conduct a widespread consultation process before narrowing down the contenders.<\/p>\n
Glenn said: “It’s such an important decision. We have got to get the right person. To wait a few months – if that’s what we had to do – would be the right decision.<\/p>\n
“You might get a few interim solutions, where a few managers come to help.”<\/p>\n