Harry Redknapp has cooled his chances of becoming England boss, despite the appointment of an FA chairman who wants to install an Englishman.
David Bernstein, whose appointment as chairman is expected to be rubber-stamped next week, admits he would prefer an Englishman to succeed Capello in 2012.
That would appear to put Spurs boss Redknapp in with an extremely good chance of taking the post, but he insists the unpredictable nature of the game means his stock may not be valued so highly when the process to decide Fabio Capello's successor begins.
Redknapp said: "Eighteen months or two years down the line, who knows where you are going to be or who knows how well you'll be doing.
"Football turns week to week. If you have a bad month or six weeks then suddenly it changes. That's how it is. It depends on who's doing well at the time."
The FA have confirmed that they are considering introducing young English coaches into the England set up and Liverpool veteran Jamie Carragher has been earmarked as a potential future candidate.
Redknapp, who cut his managerial teeth with Bournemouth in the old Third Division before going on to manage a series of top-flight sides, is a fan of the idea.
"I think it's great for people like Jamie," said Redknapp, who takes his side to Aston Villa in Sunday's evening kick-off.
"It's going to be harder for the top players to become managers in the future.
"When you've been earning £100,000 a week, it would be difficult to take over at a Rochdale or Bournemouth where you'll only earn £50,000 a year and take all the aggravation of it.
"It's going to be difficult for them to do that unless they are real lovers of the game."
Spurs have dropped to fifth recently but a win on Sunday will take them one point behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who play Arsenal on Monday.
Redknapp still maintains that his side have an outside chance of title success, but feels his squad may lack a character who is willing to take a grip of the game when things are going their way.
"We are a very quiet team," Redknapp said. "Michael (Dawson) and Robbie (Keane) do a bit of shouting now and again, but then again those types of characters aren't around anymore.
"Where are the Tony Adams of this world? The kind of people who really organise your team.
"Jamie Carragher is one of them. (John) Terry is a talker. Those sort of people are few and far between. Players are a lot quieter these days."
