Venables backs foreign move

Terry Venables believes the job of England manager may now be better suited to a foreign candidate.

The Football Association are beginning the search for a new national team boss after Steve McClaren - and his number two Venables - were sacked following England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008.

The ex-Barcelona and Tottenham boss wrote in his column in The Sun: "The job is getting more difficult. It's always been high profile but the dissection of your every move and decision has become unbelievably intense. It's more relentless and ruthless now than ever before."

He added: "Maybe it is time for a foreign manager once again. I've always believed an Englishman should manage England - if possible.

"In some ways, it's almost easier being abroad - a manager working in a foreign country can ultimately choose the moment when he's had enough and go home.

"An Englishman faces the aftermath day in, day out, which means you are never really able to live an ordinary life.

"An English manager has to think of his family's security and wellbeing here, his kids at school and what their experience might be. They can be taunted simply because of what their dad does and says.

"I would love an Englishman to get the job but maybe the pressure has become so severe that it actually suits a foreign candidate more."