Glenn Roeder a coach under Glenn Hoddle for the England national team, before West Ham manager Harry Redknapp offered him an opportunity in club football again in 1999. In the summer of 2001, Roeder was handed a chance to manage in the Premier League at West Ham United after the Hammers failed to attract Steve McClaren or Alan Curbishley after Redknapp's departure. Roeder's appointment was opposed by some supporters, who had expected a bigger name to replace Redknapp. Roeder received a £15 million transfer kitty, and guided West Ham to seventh in his first season in charge. He signed David James from
History of the England national football team most talented player of the era, Paul Gascoigne and Southampton player Matt Le Tissier from the squad for the finals, ultimately bringing their international playing careers to an end. England were eventually knocked out of the World Cup on penalties, this time in the last 16 to Argentina, although the game itself had been galvanised by a wonder goal from 18-year-old striker Michael Owen, who had first been capped four months earlier. England should have progressed to the Quarter Finals however, as Sol Campbell had a goal wrongly disallowed. Glenn Hoddle revealed only after his team had been knocked out