New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has explained the circumstances that made it 'impossible' for him to agree to become the manager of England.
Scolari was approached by the Football Association after former national head coach Sven Goran Eriksson announced that he would step down following the 2006 World Cup.
It was eventually confirmed that Steve McClaren would be handed the reins, before Portugal went on to defeat Eriksson's side in the quarter-finals on penalties.
Scolari, though, has revealed that he would have agreed to become the new England manager had the FA not succumbed to the mounting pressure surrounding an official announcement on who would succeed Eriksson.