Newly-appointed Blackburn manager Mark Hughes is delighted he will be allowed to remain in charge of Wales for their World Cup qualifiers against England and Poland next month.

Hughes' agent Dennis Roach revealed that the former Manchester United striker was sad to be leaving his post with the Principality but felt he had taken the national side as far as he could.

"Everybody knows how much Mark loved the job but it's been four or five years now," Roach told Radio Five Live.

"The nice thing is that he'll be covering the next two matches. That was important for him to go out in the right way.

"He feels that he's brought Wales on a long way and that it's now time for someone new to come in with a fresh face."

Hughes' assistant, the former Norwich defender Mark Bowen, could follow him to Blackburn now a deal has been struck.

It now leaves the Welsh authorities with a huge void to fill.

David Collins, the Football Association of Wales' secretary general, told Sky Sports News: "Anyone who expresses a wish to undertake the job of managing the Welsh national side will be given serious consideration.

"Once we have the two games in October out of the way we will consider all options.

"We have an agreement with Blackburn that he (Hughes) will manage us for the next two games. Then we will have a period of six months to assess the situation, so we hopefully qualify for the 2006 World Cup final in Germany."

Collins refused to rule out the possibility of Hughes being allowed to manage the national team part-time beyond the qualifiers against England and Poland.

"A part-time position is something that we will consider," he said.