The Football Association is hopeful of having a new England manager in place at some point next week, according to a report.

Talks with potential candidates to replace former boss Roy Hodgson, who departed in the aftermath of the Three Lions' shock last-16 exit to Iceland at Euro 2016, have been ongoing over the past fortnight.

Sam Allardyce is the clear favourite to take charge, more than a decade on from last being linked with the job, having left Sunderland's pre-season training camp in Austria early to speak to FA chiefs.

Sky Sports News reports that the three-man panel in charge of hiring a new manager - David Gill, Dan Ashworth and Martin Glenn - have made a decision and are looking to unveil the new coach in the coming days.

Sunderland are thought to have already started planning for Allardyce's departure, meanwhile, with David Moyes and Roberto Martinez - neither of whom are currently with a club - both candidates to take over at the Stadium of Light.

Harry Redknapp has also publicly announced that he is in contention to take on the vacant England job, while Jurgen Klinsmann, Eddie Howe and Steve Bruce are the other three men thought to be in the frame.