ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has said it is possible he could "one day" manage England if he had no club commitments.
The Frenchman celebrates 20 years as manager of the Gunners this weekend but has again been linked with the national team job after Sam Allardyce's contract was terminated over controversial remarks he made to undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph.
His Arsenal contract expires at the end of the season and there has been no confirmation yet of whether the 67-year-old will sign a new deal with the north London club.
Wenger said when quizzed about the England job at a news conference on Friday morning: "My priority is to do well here. If I am free one day, why not?"
Wenger also spoke about the England job and Allardyce's exit after the Gunners' Champions League victory over Basle on Wednesday night.
''It was a huge surprise what happened to Sam Allardyce,'' he said.
''Who could have predicted that 48 hours ago? Nobody. The game's always full of surprises. My priority has always been this club and until the end of this season, I'm here. I'm completely focused on that.
"I've said many times that my priority has always been Arsenal Football Club and I have to assess how well I do until the end of the season."
Meanwhile, Burnley manager Sean Dyche says he is still too inexperienced to be considered.
"You'd want to have a go at the England job, but my CV is not deep enough, I don't feel, to take that on now," he said.
"I could in the sense of 'go on, I could have a go' but you want to be in a position in anything in life when you've got the depth of knowledge and experience to actually achieve something, not just take it on because you can.
"It's not that I wouldn't want to do it ever, because I would somewhere down the line if it ever came my way. But I think you have to have the layers in place to make a success of it.
"There are other people out there at the moment who are in a better place to take on a challenge like that."
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