Coleman laughs off suggestions he could be new England manager

Wales boss Chris Coleman has dismissed suggestions that he could become the next England manager. Coleman’s stock has soared as Wales have marched to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, while England’s embarrassment at losing to Iceland and failing to get beyond the last 16 has left them looking for a managerial successor to Roy Hodgson. The 46-year-old former Fulham boss signed a new two-year deal on the eve of the tournament to take in Wales’s 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign. But his current Wales wage, understood to be around £220,000 per year, is minuscule in comparison to the reported £3.5 million salary that the English FA paid Hodgson towards the end of his four-year England reign. Chief executive Martin Glenn has said the FA will go for “the best person, not necessarily the best Englishman” for the job, but Coleman – in charge of the first British team to reach the last four of a major tournament in 20 years – laughed off suggestions that he could be a candidate to succeed Hodgson. “It’s not something I think I would get offered, but I would never rule it in to be honest,” said Coleman. “Roy Hodgson has lost his job so England will search again, but it’s not something that...