Sanchez content to doublejob on a short-term basis

LAWRIE SANCHEZ has impressed against the world’s top managers with Northern Ireland and feels ready for the Premiership – but he believes doing both jobs would only last a season.

Sanchez replaced Chris Coleman as Fulham boss for the remaining five games of the Premiership season, and he views his 32-day contract as a “trial”.

The team he has inherited are four points above the relegation zone and keeping them up would put him in the frame for a permanent post, although his contract with Northern Ireland until the end of the Euro 2008 campaign is potentially troublesome.