With Fabio Capello poised to be named as the new England boss, here PA Sport looks at what some of the leading managers in the game think about the appointment.
FOR
SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON (MAN CITY, EX-ENGLAND)
"Capello is one of the best managers you can find."
ROY KEANE (SUNDERLAND)
"I think he is just what England needs. You look at his CV and it is absolutely fantastic, and I wish him well."
RAFAEL BENITEZ (LIVERPOOL)
"I know him, he is a great manager. He is a good worker and has clear ideas what to do. He is a winner."
ALEX McLEISH (BIRMINGHAM, EX-SCOTLAND)
"He just oozes class and he has got the gravitas to take any job in the world and his presence will help the England team."
SIR ALEX FERGUSON (MAN UTD)
"The most important criteria is to find a manager who is going to be successful and the choices in England are very limited."
ARSENE WENGER (ARSENAL)
"I have known Fabio for a long time and he is an outstanding candidate. As far as the technical part of the job is concerned, you do not have to worry about him. He is a strong man, with a strong character."
CLAUDIO RANIERI (JUVENTUS)
"He is a very positive man, his players are strong with good attitudes. He is the right man, I think a very good choice."
AGAINST
STEVE COPPELL (READING)
"You look at the list of contenders and what he has done ticks all the boxes but I just wish he was English. We have now created a situation where it is very hard for an English manager to get to the top of the tree."
GARETH SOUTHGATE (MIDDLESBROUGH)
"I have said before that I think with international football, whatever country it is, it should be players, coach, physio, kitman from that country. If not, I don't understand the point of having international football."
PAUL INCE (MK DONS)
"It's a sad indictment on English football that we've got to go to Europe for a manager."
RAYMOND DOMENECH (FRANCE)
"English coaches... should feel offended by this appointment of a foreign manager."
INDIFFERENT
DAVID MOYES (EVERTON)
"I just don't know how the Italians would take it if, for example, Sam Allardyce or Alan Curbishley got the Italian national job and took all the staff from England over there. Nevertheless, what the FA have done is gone and got the best available to them and you can't fault them for trying to do that."
MARTIN O'NEILL (ASTON VILLA)
"I think Fabio Capello is a brilliant manager. But, if you are asking me do I have a view on whether the appointment should be homegrown or English, the answer is no."
PAUL JEWELL (DERBY)
"To be perfectly honest, I couldn't care less at this moment in time who the next manager is, I'm only interested in Derby."
SAM ALLARDYCE (NEWCASTLE)
"If this needs to be the short-term fix, then fine, if it gets us what we want at the top end."
