So the waiting is over and England have a new manager - well, for a few months anyway.

After lengthy negotiations, the FA has come up with a solution that is surprising even by its own standards.

Keegan will take charge of England part-time, but only for four matches before returning full-time to division two Fulham.

Smart move, or hopelessly offside?

England face a series of crunch games in the bid to qualify for the European Championships in 2000.

Keegan is a master motivator, a fine player turned astute coach. Just the person, perhaps, to stir the team ahead of such important matches.

But will the players really want a manager whose devotion to duty only stretches to a day a week?

And what are they to make of yet another search for a manager, when they have had Glenn Hoddle, Howard Wilkinson and Keegan in a matter of weeks?

Even if canny Keegan changes his mind and ends up signing on the dotted line, is this the best way to prepare for the Euro 2000 clashes?

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