Steve Bruce is in the running to become England manager after the Hull City manager held talks with the English Football Association, according to reports.
Bruce, 55, like older compatriot and rival Sam Allardyce, has yet to win any silverware during a long time in club management, said prior to the talks he thought the job should go to a homegrown coach.
“I think the top of the FA in my opinion should be English. I’ve always said that, there’s nobody more patriotic than I am,” Bruce, who has also managed Wigan Athletic and Sunderland, told BBC Radio Humberside.
“I’m honoured to be linked with it. It’s the pinnacle to go and manage your country. What bigger job in the world is there?”
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Bruce, who enjoyed a successful playing career captaining Manchester United although he was never internationally capped, and Sunderland manager Allardyce are thought to be on a four man shortlist also comprising Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe and USA manager and former Germany striker Jurgen Klinsmann.
The three man FA panel, which is made up of former Manchester United chief executive David Gill, FA technical director Dan Ashworth and chief executive Martin Glenn, are seeking to find a successor to Roy Hodgson.
Hodgson stepped down after England’s latest failure at a major finals, losing 2-1 to Iceland in the last 16 of Euro 2016.
England have failed to make it past the first knockout stage of a major finals since Sven-Goran Eriksson guided them to the 2006 World Cup quarter-finals where they lost on penalties to Portugal.
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