England’s managerial hunt has gotten off to a dreadful start

Alan Shearer wants it, Harry Redknapp wants it and Alan Pardew would love it. And yet somehow the search continues.

England FA chief Martin Glenn may have made his own bed of nails by telling the national press that he is not a football man. Twice. Still, Glenn is on a three-man committee to find the next poor sod that wants to deal with the egos, eccentricities and shocking passing of the Premier League's finest for £3 million a year. A few candidates for the top job have already ruled themselves out - Redknapp, oddly, ruled himself out then back in on the same day - but they should comfortably fill the position by the start of the World Cup Qualifiers in September. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/748270024352219137 The press believed they had cracked the code, on Tuesday night, when it was widely reported that England U21 boss Gareth Southgate would take over the senior side in a temporary role only to be replaced, in summer 2017, by Arsene Wenger. Wenger may still be tempted after a final fourth place finish with Arsenal, next May, but Southgate is not for care-taking. The former Middlesborough boss has, according to the BBC, told the FA that he has no interest in replacing Hodgson. Southgate is more than happy in his current role and is not keen on his that stability with a year-long stint in the pressure cooker. Is it just us or is everything neatly falling Sam Allardyce's way? We hope so.