Brendan Rodgers will be on a list of "home-grown" managers the FA will consider "should they decide against renewing Roy Hodgson's contract," according to Matt Law of the London TELEGRAPH. Anything "less than a quarter-final appearance is likely to see the FA make a change" with the governing body ready to widen the search "beyond just English candidates, as was the case when Hodgson was appointed in 2012." FA Chair Greg Dyke has said that a foreign manager could succeed Hodgson, but it is understood that the next man will "at least preferably fulfill a 'home-grown' criteria." That "opens the door" to Northern Irishman Rodgers, Spaniard Roberto Martinez and Scotsman David Moyes. Arsene Wenger would "no doubt be the FA's dream appointment," but the Frenchman has turned down the England job in the past. Should the FA decide that the English candidates, Alan Pardew, Garry Monk, Gary Neville and Gareth Southgate, are not ready for the top job, "then they will look at managers who have proved they know English football and English players" (TELEGRAPH, 10/7).
