England manager: Rio Ferdinand would jump at the chance to boss national team

RIO FERDINAND admits he would jump at the chance of bossing England ‘all day long’.

The former Three Lions skipper has helped the FA draw up candidates for Roy Hodgson’s successor.

When asked if he would seriously consider taking the job himself, he admitted: “Yeah, all day long.”

Ferdinand, 37, added: “When you don’t know your starting 11 when you get to the tournament and don’t know your best formation, there’s a problem.

“When you perform in a team, individuals can only perform to their greatest ability when the platform at the bottom and the foundations are set.

“There needs to be a structure and you need to understand what you want your team to do.

“When a player isn’t performing too well as an individual, he can fall back on that platform of structure, the team and unity.”