The English Football Association have denied there is any substance to the rumours in the press that they have compiled a shortlist for the England manager’s job. With Sven Goran Eriksson leaving the post after the World Cup in Germany this summer it had been rumoured that a three man shortlist of Martin O’Neill, Stuart Pearce and Alan Curbishley had been drawn up by the FA with Guus Hiddink and Sam Allardyce also under consideration.

FA communications director Adrian Bevington has said: “No shortlist has been drawn up yet. Any speculation suggesting there is, is inaccurate.”

A three-man sub-group made up of FA chief executive Brian Barwick, international committee chairman Noel White and Premier League chairman Dave Richards - also international committee vice-chairman - will decide on the process of choosing the next England coach. They will then report to FA chairman Geoff Thompson, and back to the FA board on February 27.

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