We are not prepared to compromise or take any risk on this. |
We have about five months (to make the appointment). This is not the time to look any further forward than the World Cup. But I have gone on record as saying we want the best man for the job and if that is an Englishman, so much the better. |
We have been taking advice from experts and they still think it is on course to finish on time. |
We have contacted Mike this morning and will meet with him early next week. If he provides us with evidence we will investigate fully. |
We have the opportunity, if we want, to get the person in place hopefully before the finals. |
We welcome the fact that he (Newell) has said that he is willing to provide names and details of people who have breached the rules. If he provides us with evidence we will investigate fully. |
We welcome the prompt action taken by the Burnley magistrates to jail Michael Lewis for five months today. |
We were speaking to Felipe as part of the process of recruiting the next coach and that process continues. |
We will be in the business of appointing who we believe will be the right man to take care of one of the finest international teams in the world. |
We...insisted that clamping down on diving be made a priority area at this summer's World Cup. |
We've got the best part of six months in real terms - the first international after the World Cup is in August - but that will not be the way we play it. I hope the appointment won't be after the World Cup and there's no reason why it should be. We have the opportunity of appointing before the World Cup and the upside of that is they can watch the side they will inherit in August with a sense of semi-distant ownership, and it may well be an advantage. |