The 46-year-old ex-Tottenham boss created a stir in France when his candidacy was confirmed this week, and although he remains an outsider for the job, the FFF will give him the courtesy of an interview.

They will not rule him out of contention, especially given that he has experience of coaching a national team, which fellow candidates Laurent Blanc and Jean Tigana cannot boast.

Hoddle played for Monaco in the French league from 1987 to 1990, and he has remained a student of the French game.

Asked about his interest in succeeding Jacques Santini, who ironically left to take charge at Tottenham, the man sacked by the north London club last September said: “Coaching them is a challenge I would like to take.

“I have my experience as a club coach but also as a national team coach.

“And the media pressure can’t be stronger than in England when you are a national coach.”

He told the L’Equipe newspaper that his experience with England had not soured his view of international management.

Hoddle’s England were knocked out on penalties by Argentina in the second round of the 1998 World Cup, and he was axed in the following February following a controversial interview.

Should he be chosen for the position, Hoddle would become just the second foreign coach to lead the national team, after Romanian Stefan Kovacs who held the reins from 1973 to 1975.

But such appointments are en vogue, with German coach Otto Rehhagel leading Greece to Euro 2004 glory, beating a Portugal side coached by Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari in the final.

The Portuguese had scraped past Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England in the quarter-finals.

“Times have changed,” Hoddle added. “In the French team, only two or three players play in their country.

“A foreign coach, I believe, can bring a different approach and new ideas.”