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FA director of football Sir Trevor Brooking has ruled out Wolfsburg's Steve McClaren from making a comeback to succeed England manager Fabio Capello.

The Italian has announced that he will retire at the end of Euro 2012, and several names, including McClaren's, have come to the fore as potential candidates to manage the Three Lions.

The 49-year-old boss held the reins to the national team between 2006 and 2007, and was largely blamed as England failed to qualify for Euro 2008.

He has since resurrected his career by guiding Dutch side Twente to their first ever Eredivisie title, and is now in charge of Bundesliga side Wolfsburg.

But Brooking believes that McClaren still needs more experience under his belt to be considered for the job again.

"Steve had a really difficult time and in years to come might be looked on as the ideal age to do the job again," Brooking was quoted as saying by The Sun.

"But 2012 would be too early for him to come back.

"He himself wants to get more experience."

There has been a lot of talk about whether or not an English manager should be appointed when Capello leaves, and Brooking believes this should be the case.

"Ideally we would still want an English coach, but it's all about availability," he said.

"There is an argument that says if we can't appoint an English coach for our national team, why would big clubs appoint English coaches?

"Longer-term, we'd like to take the lead and appoint English coaches - not just once but on a regular basis."