After eight years, Gareth Southgate stepped down as England's manager, creating England's best run in international football since Alf Ramsey, who won the 1966 World Cup with England at the old Wembley.
The interim head coach came in the form of ex-Irish international under-21 manager Lee Carlsey.
It has been known that the possibility of him taking on the role predominately was unlikely, unlike Southgate, who was the under-21 manager and got the upgrade and job.
This comes after a disappointing second camp in charge when England lost for the first time in four years at Wembley in a competitive football game with Greece, who won 2-1 and scored their first goal against England.
Other names were floating around, including Michael Carrick, Carlo Ancelotti, Steve Holland, and Kieran McKenna, but these are unlikely to occur.
Most reports about the next manager's imminent appointment suggest the FA is in main conversations with Thomas Tuchel.
Though on paper and through the data above, Pep Guardiola would be the best option; he will not be liable for the World Cup qualifiers early next year.
Guardiola said: “Leaving City?
“It's not true; I haven't decided yet.
“And it is not even true that I will be the next England coach.
“If I had decided, I would say it.
“I don't know either; anything can happen.
This comes after the Catalan coach has admitted his plans to eventually work with an international team and his contract with City, which is due to expire next summer.
The odds have shown that his likely successor to Southgate is Thomas Tuchel, who has a similar winning record to Southgate and his best success at Chelsea, winning the Champions League.
The style of play Tuchel plays works best with knockout football, and with 11 trophies in his career, he ultimately has one thing which makes him a better candidate than any previous England manager. Other than Pep Guardiola, none of the other manager options have won any major trophy.
There has been controversy surrounding the nationality of the manager. Previously, England has had two foreign managers, the late Sven-Goran Eriksson ( a fan favourite) and Fabio Capello ( who did not bother to learn English).
With Eddie Howe being the front runner for fans, though England would have to pay Newcastle to end his contract. Though 10 people have been reported to have been contacted for the role Eddie Howe was not one of them.
Howe said:"Absolutely no contact whatsoever from anybody, and I'm fully committed to Newcastle.
"There's nothing to talk about.
"I don't need to address the players. They know, I hope, by how I act and how I am on a daily basis and how committed I am to the club."
ex-england international Gary Lineker said: “It’s confirmed apparently that they did reach out in the summer to Pep Guardiola.
“And also I understand that they spoke to Carlo Ancelotti.”
He said: “I genuinely believe that national team football, particularly with the big nations, I think the manager should be from the national team, from the country that they are.
“I don’t think it’s imperative. I’m not going to lose sleep about it.
“But my personal preference would be England has an England coach.”
Though the FA have ssaid they are not against another foriegn manager the fans hold different views with the diea of havving a foriegn manager as morally wrong saying only an Englishman should manage England.
However the English canidates are not at the same pedicgary as teh foriegn ones.
The last English nation manager won any major trophy was Harry Rednapp in 2007/08 FA cup with Portsmouth FC.
The possibility of a German being the Englihs manager has been presented asa dark day in England football.
Losing two back to back Euro finals is not a darker day?
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