Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has admitted that he wouldn't want to see Arsene Wenger take over the England national team, claiming that he would prefer somebody like Gareth Southgate to take the reins instead.
Roy Hodgson resigned on Monday night in the wake of England's 2-1 defeat to Iceland, which saw them crash out of Euro 2016 with their record of never winning a European Championship knockout match intact - their only progress coming in 1996, via a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw with Spain.
Speaking on ITV after the match, Wright claimed that England have 'done the foreign manager', dismissing the idea of hiring a non-English head coach to replace Hodgson, despite evidence which would suggest that foreign managers have fared better than their home-grown counterparts for England in recent years.
He said: "I wouldn't want him [Wenger] as England manager. Because I just don't want Arsene Wenger as the England manager. I'd go with Gareth Southgate with what he's doing with the England Under-21s and go that way.
"We've done the foreign manager and as good as they've been in the previous jobs they've done they haven't done anything for us. And as much as Arsene Wenger's been unbelievable for Arsenal I'd rather it be someone like Gareth Southgate. He's done his bit with the Under-21s and he's done it pretty well."
Iceland go on to face France in the quarter finals of the championships in France on Monday night, all set to continue one of the most extraordinary stories in European football - remaining undefeated into the final eight of their first ever major international tournament.
Meanwhile, England head home with their heads bowed after failing to progress past the first knockout stage of a tournament, continuing a run which now extends back to a quarter-final exit from the 2006 World Cup under Sven-Goran Eriksson.
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