Wales boss Chris Coleman has dismissed suggestions that he could become the next England manager.
Coleman’s stock has soared as Wales have marched to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, while England’s embarrassment at losing to Iceland and failing to get beyond the last 16 has left them looking for a managerial successor to Roy Hodgson.
The 46-year-old former Fulham boss signed a new two-year deal on the eve of the tournament to take in Wales’s 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
But his current Wales wage, understood to be around £220,000 per year, is minuscule in comparison to the reported £3.5 million salary that the English FA paid Hodgson towards the end of his four-year England reign.
Chief executive Martin Glenn has said the FA will go for “the best person, not necessarily the best Englishman” for the job, but Coleman – in charge of the first British team to reach the last four of a major tournament in 20 years – laughed off suggestions that he could be a candidate to succeed Hodgson.
“It’s not something I think I would get offered, but I would never rule it in to be honest,” said Coleman.
“Roy Hodgson has lost his job so England will search again, but it’s not something that...
