The Football Association is poised to reveal the Englishman who will join Team Fabio.
Actually the word poised in the same sentence as Football Association is inappropriate. Imbalanced, hamstrung, ridiculous, yes. But poised, no.
Anyway the FA have been looking for the right indigenous man and an announcement is imminent.
Conducting the search is one of the good guys. Sir Trevor Brooking is the FA’s director of football development and he has plenty of UEFA Pro license holders from which to choose.
But who would want to work for an organization as deluded, deranged and dysfunctional as the Football Association?
The manager is a 64-year-old Italian on £16,500 a day who was out-thought by a bunch of students from Cologne during the World Cup. Three years in and he continues to grapple with the culture.
The players think they are world beaters and sometimes pass to each other but they are man marked by the tabloids and seem to care more about bank balances, body art and bling.
And there is little leadership and no money. They have yet to find another chairman after the last one had to leave six months ago when a tabloid stung him right in his big mouth. And since the summer the FA have been without a main sponsor. They were banking on a big offer when England won in South Africa.
Sir Trevor, then, needs someone a bit special. He could do worse than select the best pundit in the game.
He has played top flight club football, represented England youth, captained the under 21’s and but for injuries would have won full caps. He has coached at every level and is passionate, educated, intelligent and articulate.
His name is Stewart Robson.
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