Euro 2016: Jurgen Klinsmann is keen, so should England turn to foreign boss to sort this mess?
Ian Wright and Dean Ashton argue their cases for whether or not the struggling Three Lions should get help from abroad
ROY HODGSON needs to be replaced - but who is the man to do it, and does it matter where he is from?
Here, SunSport asks former England stars Ian Wright and Dean Ashton: Should the Three Lions have a foreign boss?
YES - Dean Ashton
IT would be great to get an Englishman — but it does not matter. It really doesn’t.
I am a firm believer in getting the right man for the job. It is, though, important that England appoint someone who can communicate better than Fabio Capello.
I made my England debut under him in 2008, when I was at West Ham. His English was not good enough.
He made every effort and rarely used the translators on the training pitch but it was difficult for all of us.
Now, so many foreign managers can speak four or five languages. I like Guus Hiddink, his record is good.
He has plenty of international experience and shown with Chelsea how he can bring a squad together in the right way in terms of bonding.
In France, everything around England seemed a bit corporate and stiff.
Laurent Blanc is fresh out the Paris Saint-Germain job. Having played for Alex Ferguson at Manchester United he knows what it takes to be a good manager.
Slaven Bilic has done well but the Hammers would be mad to let him leave.
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Ultimately, I don’t think it will be an Englishman because the list is not very good.
NO - Ian Wright
ENGLAND have gone down the foreign route before, so I see no reason why we should do it again.
It is not like we have gone for poor managers — both Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello arrived with big reputations, having had success with big clubs.
Both Eriksson and Capello had squads filled with quality and neither could get us into a semi-final.
So I do not think any of the foreign managers could do any better, which is why I hope we stick with an English manager.
I believe that, if former Three Lions manager Glenn Hoddle had worked with the so-called Golden Generation, we would have won something.
He is my mate, I’ll admit that. Appointing Glenn again would spark controversy due to his comments and beliefs — which led to him getting sacked from the job in 1999 after a three-year stint — but he would still improve the current team.
He was an international-level coach as good as anyone I ever worked with. We need to get people back like Hoddle.
But we also need former players such as Chris Waddle and John Barnes involved in the coaching.