Tuesday 28 June 2016 21:46, UK
Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn says nationality will not be an issue when the new England coach is appointed.
Glenn was facing the press alongside former England manager Roy Hodgson, who resigned minutes after his side's ignominious exit from Euro 2016 at the hands of Iceland on Monday.
"We will be looking for the best person for the job. We will not be ruling any person out," Glenn said.
"I'm not here to talk about names. It's less than 24 hours since we had to depart the tournament, but I've been consistent in that we will have the best people that it will take, to take this exciting group of players forward."
Glenn offered an apology for the team's failure in France and promised that lessons would be learned.
"This is a message to all the fans back in England after our performance in this tournament - sorry.
"When it comes to the games that really matter, at the business end of the tournament, we've come up short.
"We're very disappointed. Yes, Iceland were a doughty opponent but we didn't punch our weight and it's clearly something we need to work on."
Glenn praised Hodgson, saying he was leaving the England team in a much stronger position than the one he inherited.
"We want to thank Roy on behalf of the FA. He spent four years building the team and we have a lot to be grateful for. It's important to call out his tremendous integrity. It's the mark of the man and we should respect that.
"Iceland will not be Roy's epitaph."
Glenn confirmed the process of finding Hodgson's replacement was already under way and stressed an FA panel will seek views from people involved in the game at all levels before an appointment is made.
"We are going to harness opinion and the wisdom of the wider public," he said. "It's really important that we get this right.
"We want to build on the strength of the squad we've got - there's a lot of strength in the squad - and take it forward with a view to the World Cup in Russia. We want to move to a new approach.
"We will get a new manager for the team and it is our commitment that in future tournaments, in every game, in every half, we will punch our weight and go into the tournaments as contenders and get over this brittleness that I've talked about where we hit a banana skin and under-deliver against the potential of what is a great squad and a very well-resourced team."
