Wales boss Chris Coleman has emphatically quashed speculation linking him with the England managerial vacancy.
And Coleman, who led Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals, has also offered a damning indictment of alleged corruption in football, believing that anyone found guilty should be banned for life.
Coleman said he was "gutted" for Sam Allardyce that he had lost his job as England manager after just 67 days and one game in charge.
Allardyce's contract was terminated by mutual consent with the __football Association after secretly-filmed conversations appeared to show the him making a variety of controversial comments to undercover reporters. He was targeted in a wide-ranging Daily Telegraph investigation into alleged corruption in English football.
Coleman, given his success with Wales, has inevitably found himself on the bookmakers' list of England long-term candidates following Gareth Southgate's appointment for the next four matches.
"That question (England job) would never have been asked of me before the (Euro 2016) tournament," he said. "My answer would be a big fat 'no'.
"I think the next England manager should be an Englishman. I don't think it should be someone from overseas - I don't care what his record is.
"I know how much it means to me to manage Wales. Unless you are from that country, you can never ever know how much it means to represent your country.
"Why should England look further afield? Are they going to be with Gareth (Southgate), Brucey (Steve Bruce) or whoever they are going to go with? That's where they should be looking.
"Certainly not a Welshman. Well, not this Welshman, anyway. England should look at what they've got. There are good English managers there, and that is where they should be looking.
"I am really disappointed for Sam. I have known him for a long time, and I knew how much he wanted the job and how proud he was when he had got it. I am gutted for him that he has lost his job through events off the pitch, rather than on the pitch.
"I knew how passionate he was about the job, and I think he would have done a good job. You expect England to qualify (for the World Cup), and then you are judged on the tournament. Sam knows how to win big games. I think he would have done very well in the tournament.
"I know Sam will be absolutely devastated. He made a mistake, I think he has admitted that, and it's a shame. He has just let his guard down, and he has lost his job, which is a huge disappointment."
Coleman, who will again be without injured Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey when Wales resume their World Cup qualifying campaign against Austria and Georgia next week, also addressed the corruption issue, speaking out passionately.
"Corruption is everywhere," he added. "Unfortunately. It's in governments, we've seen that, it's in all sports. We talk about drug-taking in athletics or cycling, we've had the stuff with FIFA. We are naive to think this stuff doesn't go on.
"What we are talking about, effectively, is people stealing money. Whether you are earning 50 grand a year or 50 grand a week, you are stealing money. Anyone caught doing that, they need to be removed from the game permanently. That's it. Goodnight.
"If you are earning 50 grand a year, to the average man in the street, that's a good salary, so you shouldn't be taking money. If you are earning 50 grand a week, why are you taking extra money? Greed? Dishonesty?
"We all belong to an industry where there is corruption - lower level, higher level. It's unforgivable. What are we going to do if we find out who the perpetrators are? What is the punishment? Is it a little rap on the knuckles or banishment? I know what it should be.
"If the evidence is there and they are caught, get rid of them.
"I have never ever taken a bung. I have never been approached to take a bung, and I can't sit here and say that I know anyone that has."
On the pitch, Wales will look to build on a 4-0 opening World Cup qualifying win against Moldova when they go to Vienna next Thursday. Ramsey and Jonny Williams both miss out due to injuries, but Wigan's Shaun MacDonald has been recalled instead of George Williams in a 23-man squad.
Ramsey has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury during his club's opening Premier League game early last month, and Coleman said: "It is a huge disappointment that we won't have Aaron for these two games. That will be 30 per cent of our campaign without one of our best players.
"If you take someone as good as him out of any team, there is going to be an impact. He expected to be fit a lot sooner, but that's where we are."
Asked if Ramsey had possibly returned to club action too quickly following his summer rigours, Coleman added: "I think we were all a bit surprised that he was involved so early, but he's Arsenal's player and it is Arsenal's call if they want to play him. They pay his wages, and that is where his contract is."