England's Manager Woes.

Once again just when it seemed a real possibility to be happening, I think we have seen the end for Harry Redknapp's chances to become England manager. The same scandal that only seems to surface when there is a chance that he is going to become the next England boss. Personally when I saw Redknapp had had to undergo recent heart surgery I thought that was his chance gone then.

The scandal revolves around Redknapp's time at Portsmouth and he and then chairman Milan Mandaric and payments made to a Monaco bank account opened by Harry Redknapp. The charges of cheating the public revenue or tax evasion to the rest of us.

Harry Redknapp always had an air of the wheeler dealer and when at Portsmouth he and Mandric were like Del Boy and Boycie. I imagine this morning they are feeling more like Trigger and Rodney.

So with Fabio Capello's time fast running out, I wonder who the likely next England manager is going to be. Stuart Pearce has enough to deal with at the moment as he ties to unite a team to represent Britain in the 2012 Olympics.

Recently QPR's Neil Warnock has been mentioned and while he does get the best out of his players and creates siege mentalities, he is already 62 and isn't someone that fits everyone. While his approach works at club level the gaps between seeing payers is to vast in my view.

There are other options within the Premier League but the best candidates may not be. Certainly England seems to big a job for Blackburn's Steve Kean and it also looks that once again international recognition will escape Sunderland's Steve Bruce. While the country thinks they are determined we must have another Englishman there is a call for someone like David Moyes to be given a big job.

Looking further down into the Championship and Sam Allardyce has turned West Ham around and his name will always be linked to the international job due to his training methods. Another good candidate who has international management experience and has managed in the Premier League is Mark Hughes. Welsh he may be, he still has unfinished business within management.

Surprisingly though ahead of all these is a really good young English manager who is quietly achieving success in the Championship and the Europa League is Birmingham City's Chris Hughton. Sold short at Newcastle after guiding the club to promotion after relegation from the Premier League, he took over Birmingham with players leaving on a daily basis and with financial restrictions imposed through no fault of the club. He took over from the great Alan Shearer after Newcastle's relegation and had many ego's and names in the dressing room yet the following season Newcastle won promotion easily. He is young, hungry and above all deserving of the chance.

Don't get me wrong Hughton isn't the finished product management wise which is why it will be useful to Hughton if there was a senior like Redknapp or Warnock. Not to interfere but just to act as council. Saturday's win over Spain showed England that the time has come for youth. That goes for management as well as players.