STEVE McCLAREN was last night sacked as England manager.
The FA will rubberstamp the decision at an emergency board meeting
this morning after Englands Euro dream died following the
humiliating defeat by Croatia.
Immediately after the game, McClaren had insisted he would not
quit. But we can reveal senior FA board members informed McClaren
half an hour later that he was out.
The doomed England boss will receive a £2.5million golden handshake
despite failing to get England to the 2008 Euro finals.
FA chief executive Brian Barwick, his trusted aid Simon Johnson, FA
chairman Geoff Thompson and chairman of the international committee
Noel White met at 10.30 last night and decided to call an FA board
meeting for 8.30am this morning.
McClaren had been booked on the plane to South Africa tomorrow for
Sundays World Cup draw in Durban but his seat will be
cancelled.
He had always said he wanted to be judged after the 12 Euro
qualifiers but last nights Wembley horror show signalled just how
low England had sunk under his leadership.
