Wednesday 9 September 2015 19:05, UK
The FA is standing by its decision not to renew Roy Hodgson's contract with England before next summer's European Championships.
England were the first team to qualify for the tournament in France thanks to eight wins from as many games in Group E.
However, Hodgson, whose present deal expires next July, will have to wait to hear whether or not he will be kept on for the 2018 World Cup campaign which begins in September of next year.
FA chief executive Martin Glenn says he is keen to avoid a repeat of the situation with Fabio Capello who signed a new contract shortly before England were knocked out of the 2010 World Cup in the second round. The Italian eventually remained in his job until February 2012.
Glenn told the press at the Soccerex Conference in Manchester on Wednesday: "Roy is very comfortable with the situation. He more than anybody knows that it is a results game.
His international experience is huge, he is a learner, he looks, he listens. Our ambition is the same one.
"What we wanted to avoid was the slightly unsavoury position we had with Fabio Capello at the end of the World Cup [in 2010] where it clearly didn't work for people.
"The issue of contracts is not a moot issue now. Everything we want to do with Roy and the senior team is find out what are the best ways to making Roy successful because a successful England team in the Euros is going to kick on and do great things in the World Cup.
"I guess my philosophy is you pay for results, you create a tension where results have to happen but at the same time you have to give confidence and support to the people involved.
"If that is a change from the FA, I think most people see it as a welcome change and it is the right one."
Glenn said that the lack of security for 68-year-old Hodgson beyond Euro 2016 was not a problem for either party.
"We have got a very good relationship. I think he is by far and away the best coach that we could have for England," he said.
"His international experience is huge, he is a learner, he looks, he listens. Our ambition is the same one."
Glenn, who joined the FA in March of this year, has also defended the decision to cut around 100 jobs at the London-based association.
"The objective is to save money to spend on pitches and coaches. Going in there I could see people didn't talk to each other, there was a lot of duplication," he said.
"Our German equivalent has 300 people running it and we've got 900."
Glenn also said he was disappointed there will not be a Great Britain team at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and he hopes to rectify this for the Tokyo Games four years later.
He said: "It's a huge loss [missing out on 2016 Olympics]. I understand the politics, which is national associations wanting to protect their position as a British team might put that at risk.
"There's an elite group of three or four countries who see the Olympics along with the World Cup as the most important tournament. I think it's a real shame.
"I wish we had had more time to persuade the Welsh, Northern Irish and Scots this would be a better thing but we are going to try really hard and there is going to be a lot of political pressure to make sure it happens in 2020."
Glenn also suggested England is perceived as arrogant within the global game and said the fact the organisation is called "the FA" - as the first governing body in football - is "the ultimate expression of arrogance".
Asked if the FA could be rebranded the "English FA" Glenn said: "Possibly. But it is not an ultimate priority.
"What's seen to be the case, we get interested in the international game when it suits our purposes ... to host a World Cup. It's a global game. We have to build global alliances. We have to be seen to be a force for good.
"I think we are perceived as arrogant. I don't think we necessarily are but perceptions matter."
