Wednesday 9 November 2016 15:34, UK
Aidy Boothroyd says neither he nor Gareth Southgate has anything to prove before the FA pick England's next manager.
Southgate's promotion to interim England manager for an initial four games has seen Boothroyd elevated to U21 boss as his replacement, but that period comes to an end next week following the senior squad's friendly against Spain on Tuesday.
England face Scotland in a World Cup Qualifier at Wembley on Friday ahead of that game, while the U21s host Italy on Thursday before a trip to play France, but Boothroyd insists he and Southgate have already shown their credentials.
"To be perfectly honest I don't think Gareth needs to audition and I don't think I do," said the ex-Watford manager, who has moved up from the U20s.
"We are what we are, people know us and know our character and know that we work together well as a team and work with the other development teams and the staff and everybody that works at the FA.
"We have a really good relationship with everybody so we've both had the experience of management and we've both worked with a lot of players so you just carry on and do what you have to do and what will be will be, I'm sure."
Boothroyd has led the U21s to victories over Kazakhstan as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina in his two games in charge and is expecting the FA to conduct a relaxed process when determining the permanent positions.
"Whether I go back to the U20s, stay with the U21s or go and work on the ground staff I will have to just wait and see," he added.
"Dan (Ashworth, technical director) is very hands-on, I see him every day just about or I speak to him every day and the same with Gareth.
"We work very closely because the 21s and the 20s are close age groups so I am sure it will be very informal and we will all know."
Despite their close relationship, Boothroyd joked there was one reason he wouldn't always respond to Southgate.
"Very often I wouldn't take his calls because he wanted my players but apart from that we get on very well," he told Sky Sports News HQ. "He's stepped up for the four games, I've stepped up for the four games.
"We'll bring something different because we're different personalities but we'll both want the same thing. We want England teams to do well."
