Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew has said he aspires to be the England manager -- but does not want the job just yet.
Pardew has been one of a number of names linked with the vacant England post following Roy Hodgson's decision to resign after the nation's Euro 2016 exit on Monday.
The 54-year-old, writing in his column for the Daily Mail, says he would one day love to take charge of the Three Lions, but for now he is more than happy carrying out his work at Palace.
"I want to be the England manager, it is a job I aspire to and it is an ambition of mine," Pardew wrote. "But not now.
"Now, I have a big job at Crystal Palace and we have an important summer ahead of us. We have already made a couple of big bids and I want to build our team.
"I have signed a new contract, we have new, ambitious American investors and with my chairman Steve Parish we all want to attack this division [the Premier League]."
Pardew added: "I do hope the Football Association will want to talk and I have strong opinions on England, but I have been asked if I want the England job and I have given my answer. One day."
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe is another Englishman to have been linked with the Three Lions job, but Pardew also feels the timing is not yet right for him either.
Instead, the Eagles boss believes Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could be the correct fit.
"We need a new manager and a new outlook," he wrote. "I feel the new manager needs to bring experience. I've read names mentioned, such as Eddie Howe, who I'm sure will be a very good England manager of the future. But he is not right for now, either.
"There is no outstanding candidate and, while I would like to see an English coach given the chance, we are a dying breed at the top of English football. The FA need to make sure they get the right man.
"There will be a lot of pressure on the new manager and that is evident in the way the press, the FA and the game have reacted. The England fans -- and I'm one of them -- need to be behind the man the FA choose.
"And I can see why Arsene Wenger would be that man. We need someone who doesn't start on the wrong foot, who has the backing of the supporters and who can inspire the players. Playing for England cannot be second-class compared to the Champions League. Players would want to play for and learn from Wenger."
Pardew also touched on another name to have been linked with the England job -- former Three Lions captain Alan Shearer.
"It makes my blood boil when pundits on TV, such as Alan Shearer, say 'I'll do it,'" he wrote. "He was a top, top striker but he has no coaching qualifications and his only experience as a manager was very brief -- when he took Newcastle down into the Championship.
"What experience does he have of putting on a session, of building an identity, when every session needs to be about building, creating that identity and taking the players with you? They need to understand and buy into it. Together you then move towards that. It's easy to say 'I'll do it' from a comfy chair, but he has nothing to back that up."