And the irony when people say the manager MUST be English...there's only 3 in the Premiership. .
I think the key thing here would be already being from Premiership, to smoothen the adaptation process , the learning curve and whatnot.
Otherwise i doubt if there's a manager in the world who can jump right in with so little time and be more then just a ****. It just isnt possible.
Like i said, France at WM 2006 seems like most likely scenario. Domenech or whatshisface was a "manager" but everyone knew it was Zidane, Makelele and the gang who were calling all the shots, and the result was more then fine.
Just hire a PR-capable "nice guy" who will keep media bullshit under control and play along with what senior players want to do.