STEVE Bruce has been interviewed for the vacant England manager’s job.
The Hull City boss met FA officials to discuss replacing Roy Hodgson in the Three Lions hotseat.
Former Manchester United defender Bruce, 55, is the second man to be quizzed about the position after Sunderland chief Sam Allardyce held talks.
The FA hope the three men taking charge of the interviews – technical director Dan Ashworth, chief executive Martin Glenn and vice-chairman David Gill – will be able to put forward their preferred candidate at a board meeting on Thursday.
Other contenders include Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, who is on pre-season tour in America, and USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann.
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Hull are unlikely to be happy with the timing of the FA’s approach as Bruce is the most successful manager in the club’s history.
He won promotion to the top flight twice in four years, as well as guiding them to their first FA Cup final appearance two years ago.
Despite the uncertainty over Bruce’s future will hamper Hull’s pre-season preparations, the Hull board understands why Bruce is interested in the England role and appreciate it would be wrong to prevent him from speaking to the FA.
Bruce has made no secret of the fact that he would love the job – which became vacant when Hodgson resigned after England lost 2-1 to Iceland at Euro 2016.
He said recently: “To be even considered is a great honour.
“I have to say I’m highly flattered, like any English person, to be linked with the top job.”
Sunderland boss Allardyce, 61, had his interview last Tuesday at Gill’s Cheshire home.
The FA are expected to name their man in the next few weeks as the Three Lions begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign away to Slovakia on September 4.
Sunderland were critical of the FA’s approach to Allardyce, calling for a “swift resolution to the matter”.
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