Football Association chief Alex Horne believes that the governing body have not made John Terry's position with the England team "untenable".
The 31-year-old announced his retirement from international football yesterday, claiming that he had no choice after the FA charged the defender with improper conduct after allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match against Queens Park Rangers last October.
"We respect his decision," Horne told Sky Sports News. "It shouldn't be taking a year to resolve but we are reaching a conclusion on this process.
"It's disappointing and it limits Roy [Hodgson's] choices. I don't see how we have made it untenable. I could separate the two [cases] in my mind, unfortunately it seems that he couldn't."
Terry is due to face an independent hearing regarding his charge at Wembley today.
