The Football Association hopes to make a major stride towards appointing an independent chairman on Friday.
FA chiefs signalled their intention to appoint an independent chairman during Thursday's board meeting at Wembley.
The FA will look for somebody with a "real affinity to football" who will be "independent" on the day he starts work.
In order for that to be achieved, the FA wants to remove the time element concerning the role of the chairman. Currently, a chairman must have a minimum of 12 months without a material business relationship to a football entity. Now the FA wants this to be removed from the rules.
If Friday's FA Council meeting sanctions the proposed change, then it will need to be approved at a special general meeting in October.
Meanwhile, England boss Fabio Capello has agreed to work with Sir Trevor Brooking in a bid to develop the skills of English coaches.
Brooking, along with FA general secretary Alex Horne, will also work on providing a raft of recommendations in relation to international and youth player development and the coaching education set-up. The FA board hopes to consider these recommendations by December.
The move will also provide the Italian boss with more English support, particularly when assistant Stuart Pearce is working with the England Under-21 squad.
Brooking and Horne's recommendations will also consider all aspects of the FA's current youth development and coach education set-up.
The FA intends to learn from successful countries, in football as well as other sports, in order to enhance the development plan for England's top players.
Source: PA
