Guus Hiddink's agent has declared the Australia and PSV Eindhoven boss is “Totally out of the reckoning” to become England's new head coach.

Cees van Nieuwenhuizen insisted it was “sort of an insult” for the 59-year-old to be asked to go on a shortlist for the position which will become vacant after Sven-Goran Eriksson stands down after the World Cup Finals.

The Football Association's three-man panel are looking to whittle down the list of contenders for the coaching role and identify the most suitable candidate before the World Cup begins in June.

Hiddink was an early favourite for the job, but the PSV Eindhoven boss - who will leave the Eredivisie side this summer - was apparently unhappy at the manner of the FA's approach.

“I guess that the homework has not been done very well,” Van Nieuwenhuizen told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.

“We didn't take it too seriously because you would expect, when you are in the world of football, that you know who Guus Hiddink is, what he has achieved on a club level and at national team level, if it's in Champions League, national leagues or in the World Cup.

“So if you have to sit down to find out if you might be good enough to be put on a list of candidates .... I think either you go for him or you don't go for him.”

“He is totally out of the reckoning. That doesn't disappoint him at all.

“We were approached by media people initially, saying how he's on the shortlist and we say that of course he would be flattered because the England job is not like becoming the coach of Timbuktu.

“But nothing happened and he's got so many other options that could be considered.”

Portugal head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is now in contention to take over as England boss after the World Cup and is said to be on a shortlist with Martin O'Neill, Steve McClaren, Alan Curbishley and Sam Allardyce.

The other candidates will be seen during a second round of interviews with the FA.

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