Fulham seem to have turned their attention away from both Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld and United States manager Bob Bradley, as Sven-Goran Eriksson and former Tottenham boss Martin Jol now appear to head the shortlist to replace Roy Hodgson at Craven Cottage.
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However, the Barclays Premier League club - who head out to Sweden on Monday as part of their pre-season preparations - could also face competition for the ex-England manager from the Ivory Coast after Eriksson revealed he was considering an offer to stay on with the Africans, whom he coached at the World Cup.
"They were really pleased and I guess that I can stay on if I want to. If so, it will be for four years until the next World Cup finals," Eriksson said on SVT. "I will make up my mind in a week or so. I have to do it soon since there are friendlies in August and qualifications for the Africa Cup of Nations in September and October."
There is also the issue of salary demands for the Swede, with Fulham owner Mohammed Al Fayed apparently setting a limit of £1million a year.
Those sorts of figures, however, would still be able to attract the likes of Bradley, the American who has five months of his deal with US Soccer to run, along with Jol, who left White Hart Lane in October 2007 after an initial period of success and last season saw his Ajax side narrowly beaten to the Dutch Eredivisie title by Steve McClaren's FC Twente.
A spokesman for the United States Soccer Federation would not be drawn on Bradley's future plans.
"Bob is under contract with US Soccer until the end of the year and discussions are ongoing," the spokesman told Press Association Sport.
Hitzfeld, though, appears to have ruled himself out of the running.
The German was said to have held informal talks with Fulham chief executive Alistair Mackintosh over a potential move to the Premier League.
However, now the 61-year-old - who won the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich - announced he intends to retire when his contract as Switzerland coach expires at the end of the Euro 2012 campaign.
Source: PA
