Peter Taylor today announced that he had quit the England set up.

Ananova reported that the Leicester City manager stood down from his England role today after having talks with Foxes chairman John Elsom.

Former England Under-21 manager Taylor was appointed caretaker after the sudden departure of Kevin Keegan and was in charge for the friendly international with Italy in November.

Ananova said that Taylor has become an integral part of Eriksson's backroom team and was linked with a return to his under-21 role, but now he has ended his involvement to concentrate fully on his job at Filbert Street.

Taylor, in a statement, said:

"I can categorically state that my future lies with Leicester City.

"I have been flattered to be linked with a full-time position in the Football Association but I have a contract with Leicester City which I tend to honour.

"I have had no approach from the Football Association about an under-21 position and even if there was one I would turn it down. "I have enjoyed my first season at Leicester City immensely. It has been a great experience and I want to build on that.

"These are exciting times with the club due to move into a new stadium next year and I intend to be part of that.

"It has been a great pleasure to work with Sven-Goran Eriksson, the England party and the Football Association over the past few months.

"Managing England against Italy was unquestionably one of the proudest moments of my footballing life.

"I have always said that my England involvement did not affect my duties with Leicester City and I am still firmly of that opinion. However, there are those who choose to think otherwise. (Is this a comment about the Chairman John Elsom or simply the media?)

"I have discussed the situation at length with John Elsom and we have agreed that I should stand down from future involvement with England."

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