England boss Fabio Capello will soon have a newly-appointed English coach working alongside him.
Ince and Curbishley reported to be in the frame for assistant role
Fabio Capello will soon have a newly-appointed English coach working alongside him but the appointment will not necessarily be moulded as the next manager of the senior team.
The idea has been in the pipeline since this summer's World Cup debacle, which saw Capello's reputation torn to shreds following a ruthless defeat at the hands of a young and vibrant Germany.
It now appears that the theory of an English assistant working in tandem with the Italian will become reality after the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley on 12th October.
However, Football Association director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking does not think it is a certainty the new man, who will be expected to work across all national-team age-groups, including Stuart Pearce's Under 21s, will succeed Capello.
"There was a discussion whether we added a coach," Brooking said in
The Guardian.
Knowledge
"Obviously with Stuart's situation, where he misses the Montenegro game because of the (U21s' Euro play-off tie against Romania) Friday-Tuesday situation, this caused a problem.
"But we weren't in a rush. We wanted to get the first three qualifiers out of the way and see where we are then.
"If we brought someone in, it would be trying to introduce somebody who could work across the other age groups.
"Everyone assumes this (appointment) is going to be the next England manager and an older person but I don't really see how it's going to be working.
"So an English coach will probably come in but we could work him into the other age groups as well, just to take the knowledge from Fabio."
Speculate
Reports have suggested that Alan Curbishley and Paul Ince are the leading candidates, although it has been rumoured that the FA wants a man with no Premier League or international managerial experience.
Reading's Brian McDermott, Doncaster's Sean O'Driscoll and a former Wales international, Kenny Jackett of Millwall, have therefore also been mentioned.
Capello is to leave the role of manager after Euro 2012 after stating that he will be too old to carry on, and it has generally been assumed that the FA wants to appoint an English successor.
But Brooking said: "You can't speculate. You'd like to go English but you can't know who's going to be available."
