Results achieved by interim national team coach Gareth Southgate convinced the English Football Federation.
The 46-year-old strategist is offered a permanent job and the signed contract should be officially announced next week.
However, G. Southgate's first task will not be very pleasant - he will need to decide what to do with the scandal-causing striker Wayne Rooney, who was caught drinking at a wedding and circulated pictures with the "can't get off the couch" player.
The inexperienced coach in the past has worked for the "Middlesbrough" team and has managed the country's youth teams.
The English national team is the opponent of the Lithuanian team in the World Cup group - the first match between the teams at Wembley Stadium will be played on March 26 next year.
The return match will be played in Lithuania on October 8.
