THE Football Association has set a challenging 2014 deadline to pick a new England manager for the 2012 European Championships.
In a thinly veiled attack on the laws of space and time, FA chairman David Bernstein insisted a new manager would be able to improve England's fortunes at this summer's Euros, even if he was not appointed for another two years.
Mr Bernstein told a press conference that an initial longlist containing 7.01 billion names had been whittled down to 130,000.
He said: “I fervently believe that even if we did not find the right man until 2018, he would still be able to have a positive influence on the 2012 European Championships.
“We keep hearing how hindsight is a wonderful thing; this could be our chance to prove it.”
Mr Bernstein denied the FA had been dragging its heels during the process to select a new England manager.
“Far from it,” he said.
“We've all been watching a lot of soccerball over the past few weeks and we're inching closer to a decision.
“There are many outstanding candidates, such as Kenny Keegan, Garth Crooks and Eileen Drury, but we can't rush into this.
“Plus we've been ever so busy recently, what with the debate about goal-line technology, and my daughter's upcoming wedding.”
Meanwhile, bookmakers have stopped taking bets on England's squad once again disgracing their country at this summer's championships, through a series of woeful performances, dressing-room bust-ups, ill-advised sexual liaisons with each other's wives and homophobic tweets.
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