England manager news: Ralf Rangnick says there has been ‘no contact’ with the FA

Ralf Rangnick has confirmed he did hold talks about becoming England manager in the summer, although the Leipzig sporting director insists there has been no contact since Sam Allardyce left the post.

Rangnick, who managed the German club to their first ever promotion to the Bundesliga last season before moving into his new role, has emerged as one of the favourites to succeed Allardyce, whose contract with the Football Association was terminated by mutual consent on Tuesday.

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There had been speculation he had already been approached by the FA, but the 58-year-old told Sky Sport Deutschland he had not had any contact since July.

"The fact is, a few days after the Euro 2016 final, I got a call," he said.

"It was from Dan Ashworth, the association's technical director whom I had already known a few years. He invited me for talks. It was about me becoming the new England manager.

"We had a two-hour, good talk. A day later, Dan Ashworth informed me that they had decided they wanted to appoint an English manager, also out of respect for the guild of English managers.

"Since then, there has not been any more contact.

"As a German, then there is Germany [as a possible national team to manage] and since I studied English, then there is also England for me.

"To say that such a job would never come into question would certainly not be right."

Leipzig moved up to third in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 win against Augsburg on Friday night, which made them the league’s first newcomers to get through their first six games of the season unbeaten.