Ralf Rangnick has confirmed he did hold talks to become Roy Hodgson’s successor after Euro 2016 but has not heard anything from the Football Association since Sam Allardyce’s dismissal.
The 58-year-old is currently Leipzig sporting director having managed the side to promotion from the German second tier to the Bundesliga last season.
Rangnick emerged as a shock candidate to replace Hodgson after England’s shambolic Euro 2016 campaign but the German insists there has been no fresh approach from the FA.
“The fact is, a few days after the Euro 2016 final, I got a call,” Rangnick told Sky Sport Deutschland, via TalkSPORT. “It was from Dan Ashworth, the association’s technical director whom I had already known for a few years. He invited me for talks. It was about me becoming the new England manager.
“We had a two-hour, good talk. A day later, Dan Ashworth informed me that they had decided they wanted to appoint an English manager, also out of respect for the guild of English managers. Since then, there has not been any more contact.
“As a German, then there is Germany [as a possible national team to manage] and since I studied English, then there is also England for me. To say that such a job would never come into question would certainly not be right.”
Before been promoted to a role behind the scenes Rangnick had a win ratio of 58.3% as Leipzig manager.
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