ROTENBURG, June 13: Trinidad & Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker said on Tuesday he would not want the job of England manager “in a million years”. Dutchman Beenhakker said he understood why Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari had dropped out of the running to replace Sven-Goran Eriksson.

“Let's just say I am like Mr Scolari and can agree with why he turned it down,” Beenhakker told reporters ahead of Trinidad's World Cup Group B game against England on Thursday.

“I adore the game and love my job, but 90 percent of my life is football and the rest is very private. So, no, I wouldn't be interested in being England coach in a million years.”

Scolari, coaching Portugal at the World Cup, stunned England when he suddenly dropped out of the running to replace Eriksson in April, citing unbearable media intrusion.

Englishman Steve McClaren will replace Eriksson after the World Cup.—Reuters