England ask
Beckenbauer and Platini for manager advice
LONDON (AFP) - - Germany great
Franz Beckenbauer and UEFA President
Michel Platini are just two of the leading
football figures who have already been consulted by Football
Association (FA) chief executive Brian Barwick as he tries to find
a successor to Steve McClaren as England coach .
McClaren was sacked last week hours after a 3-2 defeat against
Croatia at Wembley meant England failed to qualify for next year's
Euro 2008 tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
Barwick is understood to have told a meeting of the FA board here
Thursday that he will consult other high-profile football figures
in his search for a "world-class" manager.
Among those Barwick and Sir Trevor Brooking, the
FA's director of football development and a former England
midfielder, will be seeking opinions from are Arsenal manager
Arsene Wenger, Manchester United boss Sir
Alex Ferguson, England legend Sir Bobby
Charlton plus former England managers Sir Bobby
Robson, Glenn Hoddle and Graham
Taylor.
Current players such as England midfielder Steven Gerrard are also
likely to have their views canvassed.
No wonder England failed to qualify .... the top failed to
deliver , how u expect the rest to succeed ?
