Pearce manages the England Under-21 side and will also lead the Great Britain team at the 2012 Olympics in London.

FA chairman David Bernstein added there will be no rush to appoint Fabio Capello's permanent successor as England manager following the Italian's resignation on Wednesday.

"With regard to the future, I'm very pleased to announce that Stuart Pearce will manage the England team for the Holland match," Bernstein said during a press conference at Wembley Stadium on Thursday.

"He has huge experience outside and inside this organisation and of course, he manages the England Under-21 team and has been working with Fabio for some time. He knows the players very well.

"I've got a great confidence in Stuart, we'll be in safe hands."

"Our priority then will be to appoint a new England manager. This will be handled ... with a total focus on getting the best person in place as soon as we sensibly can."

Bernstein insisted the sudden departure of Capello, who quit following the FA's unilateral decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy, would not affect England's preparation for Euro 2012.

"Of course it's regrettable when a manager leaves like this," Bernstein said.

"Could it have been avoided? I don't know. At the end of the meeting, he decided he had to go.

"We're in very good shape, all the organisational matters for the Euros are in place, such as our base and training camp.

"I think there's plenty of time for a new man to get in place and do what he needs to do.

"We don't want to rush the process. We'll do it properly, we'll do it as soon as we can.

While Harry Redknapp is reportedly the leading candidate to succeed Capello on a long-term basis, Bernstein declined to guarantee the newcomer would be English.

"He will not definitely be English," he said.

"There's a preference for an English or British person, but we're not prepared to rule out anything at this stage. But clearly, an English or British person would have a good start on the matter."