England Manager Quotes

When you become England manager, the change in profile and interest in what you're doing is on another level.

It's very flattering that those who have assessed my work over the years think that I have the qualities to be an England manager.

First and foremost, I love the job I'm in. I'm proud to be England manager.

I am very proud and honour-red to be the England manager.

I have a contract and I refused a lot of opportunities to be the manager of important clubs because I want to stay here. I like this job. I like to be the England manager.

Phil Neville could be on the road to one day, maybe, becoming the England manager. I know him closely. He was a great captain, a great leader. He's had great experience.

Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.

The ambition of an England manager should be to become England manager.

As England manager I always felt we needed an extra man in midfield to retain the ball, but that was more as an attacking ploy to help create opportunities. It came from my experience playing international football in a 4-4-2 and spending half my time chasing the ball.

Only 38 per cent of players in the Premier League are English; that is a damning statistic. Soon, the England manager will have to go scouting for players in the Championship - and when I say 'soon' I mean the next four or five years, perhaps even for the next World Cup.