The FA has ruled out the possibility of the England managers job being shared by two people, stressing that they will be appointing only one head coach to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson once the Swede leaves his post after the World Cup Finals.

Media reports on Friday reported that the FA were considering the idea of two coaches sharing the role, but the FA’s Director of Communications Adrian Bevington was quick to reply, saying: “Our objective is to recruit one head coach.”

“One would expect that the appointed coach would naturally work closely with our director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking,” continued Bevington.

“Additionally, it would not be unusual to have assistant coaches who report to the head coach, but who are employed full-time by clubs, as is the situation at the moment.”

FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick, speaking in late January, just after the announcement Sven would stand down after the World Cup, insisted there was no rush from the FA board to find a successor to Eriksson.

“We do have some time to make the right call. We can afford to be patient and try and make the right judgement call.”

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