Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher lined up for coaching after announcing retirement from playing at end of season Gary Neville has demonstrated that it is possible to juggle media and coaching demands with Sky and England. Phil Neville, the current Everton player and a possible target for the BBC, has already worked with the under-21s and could be asked whether he wants to join Stuart Pearce in Israel in June or the under-20s in Turkey. The FA wants to tap into the experience and enthusiasm of those who have recently stepped down internationally, getting them into the new £105 million coaching hub at St George's Park and eventually deepening the pool of prospective managers. The governing body of English football is mindful that it has too frequently overlooked talent in the past, and officials are still embarrassed about the way their predecessors failed to draw on the huge aura and knowledge of Bobby Moore. The FA is now working closely with his widow Stephanie in helping the Bobby Moore Fund in tackling cancer. The FA wants to follow the German model and use famous ex-players effectively. Michael Owen and David Beckham will continue in their ambassadorial roles, particularly over the FA's 150th anniversary celebrations. Hargreaves is going with FA officials to Bayern Munich for the Arsenal Champions League game. The FA would also like some of this generation of former England players to consider moving into the administration of the game. Such distinguished names as Franz Beckenbauer, Matthias Sammer and Oliver Bierhoff are all involved with the Deutscher Fussball-Bund. There was disappointment within the FA when Gareth Southgate, who won 57 caps for England, turned down the chance to be technical director. England's 2-1 friendly victory over Brazil on Wednesday was quietly encouraging for the FA, a reminder that the team are developing promisingly under Hodgson. Yet even if England slip up in Montenegro next month, complicating their prospects of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, the FA will not be distracted from long-term development plans. Meetings between Hodgson and Club England officials such as managing director Adrian Bevington have created a road-map for the future designed to nurture more coaches and make England better equipped to survive tournaments. At a meeting at St George's Park on Monday, Hodgson, Bevington and other FA officials agreed that Hodgson's assistant, Ray Lewington, and the FA's performance analyst, Andy Scoulding, should attend the group phase of the Confederations Cup in Brazil from June 15-30. They will assess venues, travel and weather conditions, and opposition including Brazil, Spain and Italy. Lewington and Scoulding will report back to Hodgson. The FA sees this as due diligence in preparation for a tournament, even if England have yet to qualify. After England return from their June 2 friendly in Brazil, Hodgson will travel out to watch the under-21s in Israel from June 5-18. He may miss the first game, against Italy in Tel Aviv on June 5, but is determined to assess and support Pearce's players. Hodgson has already indicated that senior internationals such as Raheem Sterling, Phil Jones and Wilfried Zaha will be with the under-21s, not the seniors. Jack Wilshere will not be going to Israel. Hodgson will be accompanied by the FA chairman, David Bernstein, to the under-21s" base outside Tel Aviv. Pearce will have Brian Eastwick and Steve Wigley assisting him with one of the recently retired internationals to give them more coaching experience. A similar process will apply for the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey from June 21-July 13 (with the draw in Istanbul on March 25). Next week, the FA will begin advertising for a Pro-licenced head coach solely for the tournament, from outside the existing FA coaching structure. A young coach will be invited along by the FA as will students working on their Pro-licences at St George's Park. Bernstein is frustrated that 54 players withdrew from consideration for the last Under-20 World Cup in Colombia so Hodgson will need to draw on his understanding with club managers. He needs to convince them that it is important for their youngsters" long-term development to compete in international tournaments, gaining playing time and experience of a range of opponents. Hodgson and Bernstein have built up a good working relationship, one that sadly will be disbanded this summer. The FA has to organise a small working party of board members to find a successor to Bernstein, who stands down in mid-July, having reached the organisation's statutory retirement age of 70 on May 22. Such is the FA's long-term planning that it has already turned its thoughts to Euro 2016 in France. The qualifying draw takes place on March 9, 2014, in Nice with all fixture dates set randomly by computer, not via the usual horse-trading.