FA ready to question candidates

The Football Association are unlikely to be deterred from making contact with Jose Mourinho over the vacant England manager’s job despite reports the former Chelsea boss is no longer interested in succeeding Steve McClaren.

Mourinho has been playing a game of cat-and-mouse since McClaren was dumped last month, pointedly refusing to declare his hand one way or another, preferring instead to offer teasing statements which could be interpreted as a hint in either direction.