The Football Association has begun the process of finding Roy Hodgson's successor as England manager.
Key figures from the country's national governing body met on Friday following Monday night's embarrassing Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland.
FA technical director Dan Ashworth, chief executive Martin Glenn and vice-chairman David Gill convened to start a widespread search for Hodgson's replacement.
United States boss Jurgen Klinsmann is now favourite with the bookmakers after widespread reports emerged that former front-runner Gareth Southgate was not interested in the post at this time.
FA chief executive Glenn saw the England Under-21s manager as a "pretty obvious" interim choice and appeared open to going down that route for up to a year if the right choice would be available at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.
Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is one such high-profile manager whose deal expires next summer, but Gunners goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has urged the Frenchman to stay.
"I am sure he would be a great thing for England, but my main interest is Arsenal and I hope it doesn't happen, for the sake of Arsenal, not for the sake of England," the Polish goalkeeper, who was at loan with Roma last season, told the London Evening Standard.
"England had a disappointing Euro 2016 and changes will be made but, hopefully, that will not affect our club.
"I hope it is something that will not happen because he is doing a fantastic job at Arsenal and I would love to see him stay."
Wenger has always stated that he believes the England job needs to be filled by an English coach and Press Association Sport understands this view remains unchanged.
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce and Glenn Hoddle, sacked from the England job in 1999 for comments he made about disabled people, are favourites for the job after Klinsmann.
Alan Pardew has drifted down the pecking order after the Crystal Palace manager said he would love the Three Lions job "but not now", before adding it would be too soon for highly-rated Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe.
Alan Shearer and Eric Cantona are among those to have surprisingly, if not entirely seriously in the latter's case, thrown their hat into the ring as the FA begin canvassing opinion across the game.
There had been suggestions that former England rugby union head coach Stuart Lancaster would be involved in the selection process, but Press Association Sport understands that is not the case.
Lancaster is part of an informal St George's Park advisory board that speaks about recent advancements in coaching and the like, alongside names such as Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford and former England left-back Graeme Le Saux.
Source: PA
