Four years after the FA passed over him and opted instead for Roy Hodgson, the erstwhile people’s choice Harry Redknapp has made it clear he would still love to have a crack at the job of England manager.

Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn has vowed to seek advice throughout the game as he searches for a new manager to arrest England’s perennial tournament traumas.

Antonio Conte has paved the way to take the Chelsea post after it was confirmed the Italy manager would be stepping down following Euro 2016.

Before taking charge of the Springboks, Kitch Christie made a bold prediction: “Six months is long enough for a coach to win the World Cup.”

The odd eye-catching European result aside, the march of Russian football has been stopped in its tracks. Paul Little investigates the reasons.

Christian Panucci has lashed out at Russia head coach Fabio Capello for not backing him and other assistants on the national team staff over a contract dispute.

“The Russian Football Union does not have enough money to pay Capello’s salary.”

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World Cup good, bad and ugly

We’ve a week left and maybe a lot longer for some, as the World Cup post-mortems linger on.

It is almost too cliched to seem possible; the manager of the American national side spending his free time driving a VW camper van driving from beach to beach, looking for the perfect surf spot.

The three highest paid team managers at World Cup 2014 have headed home after the group stages, proving pay is no indicator of performance.

Thrilling group stage had plenty of memorable moments

Algeria 1 Russia 1

Belgium 1 Russia 0

Belgium 1 Russia 0

England’s suspect defensive line was always going to be “found out” and ultimately prove their undoing at the World Cup, according to former midfielder Paul Scholes.

Russia 1 South Korea 1

Say hello and wave goodbye to winners?

England boss Roy Hodgson’s decision to let his players decide whether to take their wives, families and girlfriends on their travels this summer is a “smart move”, experts have said.

Theo Walcott has been backed to return “even stronger” from the heartbreak of missing out on the World Cup by England manager Roy Hodgson.

Arsene Wenger may be forced to re-evaluate Arsenal's January transfer plans following the loss of Theo Walcott to a knee injury which will rule the England forward out for the rest of the season and shatter his World Cup dream.

Arsenal’s hopes of winning the Premier League for the first time since 2004 suffered a massive blow last night after Theo Walcott was ruled out for rest of the season and the World Cup due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee.

Arsenal and England have been rocked by the news that forward Theo Walcott will miss the rest of the season and the World Cup due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee.

Tottenham 1 West Brom 1

Tim Sherwood hopes West Ham will be distracted by their precarious Premier League position when managerless Tottenham face their London rivals in Wednesday night’s Capital One Cup quarter-final.

Tim Sherwood hopes to have a swift impact on managerless Tottenham and avenge the disappointing loss to West Ham when the teams meet in tonight’s Capital One Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane (kick-off 7:45pm).

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce maintains he has enough to worry about with his own injury-hit side than what Tottenham might do following the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas ahead of their Capital One Cup quarter-final.

Tim Sherwood is to take charge of Tottenham in an interim role after Spurs sacked Andre Villas-Boas as manager.

Fabio Capello, Glenn Hoddle and Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino have emerged as contenders for the vacant Tottenham manager’s position after Spurs sacked Andre Villas-Boas yesterday.

Tottenham have confirmed the sacking of manager Andre Villas-Boas.

Italian football is the continuation of politics by other means rather than war.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill is close to agreeing a new contract with the Irish Football Association.

Russia secured their place at next summer’s World Cup finals by the narrowest of margins after conceding a last-minute equaliser in their qualifier against Azerbaijan.

Leighton Baines is desperate to avoid missing out on another World Cup with England.

Robin van Persie struck an injury-time penalty as The Netherlands maintained their unbeaten record in World Cup qualifying with a last-gasp draw in Estonia tonight.

Martin Paterson's first-half header ended Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill's long wait for a victory as his side recorded a well-earned win over Russia at Windsor Park.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill faces a late change of plan ahead of tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Russia, with Kyle Lafferty missing out with an Achilles injury.

Jose Mourinho has claimed he was close to accepting the England job in 2007 until realising he risked being bored during the long gaps between matches.

The silence of England’s reluctant captain had dominated England’s build-up while the prospect of Daniel Sturridge making his full international debut had provided a more compelling subtext.

If, as their famous motto has it, Barcelona FC is more than a club, then I think we are equally entitled to bill Ireland v England as more than a friendly.

Glen Johnson hopes England can finally end their major tournament hoodoo and go beyond the quarter-finals in Brazil next year should they qualify.