LONDON Former England boss Glenn Hoddle says he wants to return to international management but not with England while the current FA staff are in place.

Hoddle was sacked two years ago after speaking publicly of his controversial religious beliefs, including the idea that disabled people were being punished for the sins of a former life.

After a year out of the game he returned as manager of Premier League Southampton, who were playing Newcastle United later on Sunday.

"Purely on the football front I would take the England job again but I wouldn't consider it if the people who did not support me were still at the FA," Hoddle told the **** Mail **** on Sunday newspaper.

"I'm still young enough and would love the particular challenge of international football. It would probably not be with England but with some other country. Somewhere like the United States would be a great challenge."

Hoddle said he enjoyed his year out of the game but said the offer to take over at Southampton came at the right time.

But he did not feel he had to prove himself as a coach.

"I didn't lose the England job for footballing reasons. If I'd lost four or five games on the trot I would have held up my hands and said I understood the position," he said.

"I have not thought for a second that what I am trying to achieve at Southampton will show people what I am made of. I know how I want to play the game."

Hoddle said there were "a few things" he could tell new England Manager Sven Goran Eriksson, who on Sunday appealed for the media to respect his privacy.

"Not about football," Hoddle said, "Because he will have to make his own decision. But I would be willing to offer advice on matters which might help protect him."

(Reuter)