Sven-Goran Eriksson refused to respond to questions about his future as England coach at an Istanbul press conference today.
Eriksson was asked if he would set the record straight about reports from Sweden this morning claiming he has already signed a pre-contract deal with Chelsea.
The Swede replied "no", and FA spokesman Adrian Bevington insisted only questions about tomorrow night's match would be answered.
Eriksson did, however, insist there has been nothing in the events of the past seven days to make him re-think his contracted commitment to coach England for the next three years.
"If you take the position I had one week ago nothing has changed from that," he said.
The England coach has nonetheless had to endure a disastrous build-up to his team's crucial Euro 2004 Group Seven decider against Turkey in Istanbul where a draw is needed to secure qualification.
The Football Association sparked off a bitter dispute with his players by excluding Rio Ferdinand from the England squad for failing to attend a routine drugs test.
After a series of meetings on Wednesday, amid fears that England's players would boycott the Turkey game in protest, the squad backed down and agreed to fly to Istanbul - albeit after drawing up a statement claiming they and Eriksson had been badly let down by the FA.
Eriksson suffered a further blow yesterday when Michael Owen lost his fitness battle, a shin injury forcing him to stay at home. But despite all those problems, Eriksson believes his players will be able to deliver tomorrow night.
The England manager had to contend with claims that he agreed to take over as Manchester United manager from Sir Alex Ferguson, before the Old Trafford boss had a change of heart and decided to stay on.
This summer he fuelled rumours that he had his sights set on becoming Chelsea manager when he met with the Blues' new owner Roman Abramovich.