Hull City's Steve Bruce said on Tuesday he had been interviewed by the F.A. for the vacant England manager job.

His newly promoted Premier League club said on Monday that Bruce had held talks with F.A. vice chairman David Gill, technical director Dan Ashworth and chief executive Martin Glenn.

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce is the favorite for the job, having also been interviewed to succeed Roy Hodgson, who quit after England's dismal showing at Euro 2016 where it suffered an embarrassing defeat by Iceland in the last 16.