There aren’t many outgoing Pakistan managers who would fancy themselves as England boss in their next job. But then Stephen Constantine is no ordinary national team coach.

The 62-year-old Englishman has been taking charge of international sides for more than 25 years and with six different countries on his CV, no compatriot – past or present – has ever managed more.

It’s an odyssey Constantine started in 1999 when he received a surprise job offer to manage Nepal’s national team while coaching in the USA. India came calling three years later after the former Millwall trialist had led the Gokhalis to the South Asian Games final.

It kick-started a globe-trotting career that has seen him take charge of Malawi, Sudan, Rwanda, several club sides and India again, before his most recent post with Pakistan in 2023.

So with all of the talk about a paucity of homegrown coaches with the right experience to take the England manager’s job after German Thomas Tuchel’s appointment, Constantine is keen to point out his credentials as an international specialist.

“[I could be England manager] standing on my head. Why wouldn’t I?” says Constantine, who stepped down as Pakistan manager in November. “But they’re not going to give me the England job because I’m not a name.

“I wouldn’t even blink, where do I start? That’s not me being arrogant, that’s me thinking, ‘I’m not going to teach them (England’s players) how to play football, I don’t need to’, I’d have to help them manage the game and help get the best out of them.”

Constantine realises he won’t have registered on the Football Association’s radar when they picked Tuchel to be Gareth Southgate’s successor back in October. In fact, he’s happy to concede many of the committee who appointed the former Borussia Dortmund, Paris St-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss won’t even have heard of him.