Aidy Boothroyd leaves post as England Under-21 boss, Trevor Sinclair reveals he'd 'love' to be part of coaching set-up with Young Lions

Aidy Boothroyd is to leave his post as England Under-21s manager, the Football Association has announced.

The 50-year-old departs after the Young Lions were eliminated from Euro 2021 at the group stage last month.

He was appointed as Under-21s boss after Gareth Southgate was made men's senior team boss in 2016. The FA first hired him in 2014 and he managed the under-19s and under-20 sides before getting the under-21s job.

Boothroyd guided England to three successive Under-21 Euro tournaments, including a semi-final spot in 2017. England won the Toulon Tournament in 2018.

He said: "It's been the greatest privilege to represent the FA and lead England teams into high-profile tournaments.

"While we didn't finish in the way we wanted, I'm very proud to have been able to work so closely with players who I know will go on to have remarkable international careers and to have experienced some very special moments with them over the years.

"I'd like to thank my staff and all of the incredible support team that have done so much to help us remain competitive against other elite nations.

"In every single get-together they embraced our unique challenge of rightly prioritising the needs of the senior team while ensuring we gave our all to try and get a positive performance and result."

Meanwhile, Southgate said: "I'd like to thank Aidy for his wholehearted support and dedication to developing English players and coaches across the last seven years.

"His pride in working with all of our development teams has shone through and his support of the senior team has been greatly appreciated. I wish him every success on the next step of his career."

The FA will now begin a formal recruitment process to find Boothroyd's successor and talkSPORT's Trevor Sinclair says he'd be 'very interested' in becoming part of the coaching set-up with the England Under-21s.

Sinclair said on Breakfast: "I've been coaching for the best part of 13 years since I retired straight away.

"I've learned my trade, I've been at it going through all the badges and my UEFA A Licence.

"I'd love to work with elite players. I've worked with players that have gone on to become pro, I've worked with young players that are not really showing that kind of quality but you can still teach them, that's what I've enjoyed.

"But when you're working with the under-21s, you're talking about elite players and it's about structure and how you set up, the players understanding what's necessary when they go out there.

"They're still young players so there's still learning and there's still that little bit of teaching you can do. It'd be something I'd be very interested in."