Former England internationals Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand have branded the national team the 'laughing stock of world football' following Sam Allardyce's exit after just one game in charge, theMirrorreports.
The 61-year-old left his position as England manager on Tuesday amid intense media scrutiny surrounding his involvement in a Daily Telegraph sting, with the former Bolton Wanderers boss appearing to tell the "businessmen" that there were ways to overcome FA regulations on third-party ownership.
And Shearer, who made 63 appearances for England, has been scathing in his assessment of Allardyce's 'misjudgement'.
Still stunned. Staggering misjudgment by Sam. I thought post Euros @England had hit an all-time low but this has to be rock bottom.
Shearer said: I'm angry, I'm sad, I'm staggered at the misjudgement from a guy who admitted this was his dream job.
It's incredible and a catastrophic misjudgement by Sam and his advisors. For him to sit in that room in front of those guys is a huge, huge error.
"I'm angry at the whole situation, I didn't think England could stoop any lower from what happened in the summer at the Euros.Now here we are, a laughing stock of world football.
"We've got a problem with money. It's greed. It's that there's so much money in our game. People demand and ask for more.
That's the situation we're in now, we have to handle it now, we have to deal with it in the right way, we have to be able to accept people laughing at us.�
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Former Manchester United defender Ferdinand, who has 81 caps to his name, branded the situation as 'comical'.
"The rest of the football community around the world will be laughing at us," Ferdinand said. "The England role has become comical.
"This was a man who was passionate about getting the job. He forced the FA to act. Naivety seems to be the word coming up. It's disappointing for English football.�