Next England manager: Frank Lampard says the FA should learn from German model as Jurgen Klinsmann awaits talks

Klinsmann is set for an interview this week but Allardyce remains to favourite for the top job

Frank Lampard left England for the US after a controversial spell at Manchester City (Getty)

Frank Lampard has become the latest former England player to offer a remedy to their ills, suggesting the Football Association take a leaf out of Germany’s book by appointing an experienced new manager to mentor a younger figure.

The New York City midfielder, who won three Premier League titles across a 13-year spell at Chelsea, was a prominent figure of Sven-Göran Eriksson’s failed “golden generation” during the last decade and he believes a new tact is required.

Lampard is one of figures, including former Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer, to have his brains picked by FA director of elite development Dan Ashworth after England’s chronic failure at tournaments continued at Euro 2016 this summer.

The Independent understands Jurgen Klinsmann, the former Germany head coach who tutored eventual World Cup winner Joachim Löw, will be interviewed for the post but Sam Allardyce remains the favourite to succeed Roy Hodgson at St George’s Park.

Klinsmann is currently in charge of the United States while Allardyce returned from a pre-season foreign trip with Sunderland to meet FA executives this week. Both the United States Soccer Federation and Sunderland are unlikely to stand in the way of either if they are ultimately offered the post.

Speaking to Sky Sports this week, Lampard backed the FA to appoint an elder statesman to revolutionise the way the English football governing body is run from the top down: “It's a tough one. In an ideal world I want an Englishman to run the team but it's not an ideal world so I want the best man.

“But the best managers are taken, and do they want the England job? I think we need to look at it from a different avenue; maybe look at having an older, more experienced head with a younger manager to try and blood the younger manager and a team together.

“When you look at English managers and the experienced set - there are experienced managers in the Premier League that have been there many years.

“I like the idea of that personally. The German model is great. They've had ex-players in there like Oliver Bierhoff before, who was the face of it, then Joachim Low working, Jurgen Klinsman before that, and I think we can get a bit more of a family.”

Lampard confirmed he had been approached by Ashworth to reveal his thoughts on the FA’s next step, with England set to embark on their qualification campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia this autumn.

The 38-year-old added: “I think the FA needs to change itself. The FA needs to be a little more forward thinking. When I spoke to Dan Ashworth, to be fair, he was very forward thinking.

“We had a chat. Consultancy sounds kind of strong. It was a phone call, it was my opinions on what happened at the Euros, where I see it going, what my feelings are of when I played for England, and what I can see with the team now.

“I was honest, brutally honest. Sometimes you get knocked down when you speak about England because people say 'well you were rubbish, you never won nothing'. Fair enough, we didn't, but we had the experience of it and, after playing for my country and playing in the Champions League, you feel you have an opinion

“I think 'fair play to the FA' for opening that out, not just to myself but to Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, Gary Lineker and Harry Redknapp. A smart man takes information from everywhere and then makes a decision - hopefully the right one.”