It has been revealed that Terry Venables was a strong contender for the Czech Republic national team job.
The post has recently been handed to Petr Rada, but former England boss Venables was among those considered for the role.
Vice-chairman of the Czech FA, Jaroslav Vacek, had spoken a few weeks ago of a candidate that had been considered, but had then been ruled out of the equation.
It has now to come to light that he was talking about Venables, with two unnamed representatives from the Czech national team confirming that was the case.
A source from the Czech FA also revealed that Venables had been keen on the job as his first two games in charge would have been a friendly with England on 20th August and a World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland on 10th September.
"The whole philosophy of this operation was based on the fact that the Czech Republic will play their first game with a new coach against England at Wembley and the second in Northern Ireland," an FA representative explained to Sport.
"This situation interested Venables. He was excited by the prestige of the role and had a desire to lead a third team into a game in England after being in charge of England and Australia.
"This was why he was prepared to accept a very average wage, which would have been boosted by bonuses if he lead the country to the World Cup finals in South Africa."
Despite Venables' willingness to take the role, the Czech FA eventually decided that a homegrown coach should lead the national team and plumped for Rada.
