Gareth Southgate will be asked for a quick decision over his future by the FA to give his employers time to find a replacement if required.
The England manager is taking a break with his family after returning from Qatar following England's World Cup quarter-final defeat against France, with talks with FA chief executive Mark Bullingham and technical director John McDermott are planned for early in the new year.
Southgate waited for four months after last year's European Championship defeat to Italy to re-commit himself to the job by signing a two-year contract extension last November, but time will be of the essence this time around.