The former Chelsea boss has taken charge of the USA national side and though she intends to honour her contract, she won’t rule out working with the Lionesses in the distant future.

She told FourFourTwo magazine: “I’ll never say never to managing my country, but I’m really happy with what I’m doing now and I’ll be in the USA for a minimum of four years.

“As long as they’re not competing against the USA, I’ll always be cheering on the Lionesses.

“I’m always going to be English and want them to do well. But we all know they’ve got an amazing manager in Sarina [Wiegman] and I’ve been looking forward to going up against her.”

In 2017, Emma insisted she had no desire to move international management but she thinks her “vast experience” has left her in the right position to helm the USA side.

She said: “International football is for more experienced coaches.

“My vast experience in the club game has prepared me for this.

“You only get to coach for a small percentage of time, but a lot of it is building strategy.

“I’m enjoying it more than I’d anticipated.

“I very much enjoy all of the other elements off the pitch, building the infrastructure.

“There was definitely many a year when this would never have interested me, as I loved being on the grass every day.

“But this is the right time in my life now to be doing this job.”