Manchester United legend Gary Neville has slammed the decision of the England Football Association to appoint Thomas Tuchel as Three Lions head coach.
Reacting to the appointment, Neville described it as damaging to England.
“I think we are damaging ourselves. I do think there are outstanding English candidates who could have been appointed,” Neville told Sky Sports.
“We are in a rut when it comes to coaching. English coaching has one of the worst reputations in Europe – we don’t have a clear identity and have not built a style which is unique to us.”
“We have seen coaches from all around Europe come to the Premier League and in input their styles in our game and we’ve copied them, but in my opinion we need to build an identity and let English coaches flourish.”
“I thought we’d left that period [of appointing foreign coaches] behind.”
Tuchel becomes the third foreign coach, after late Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.
He takes over from Gareth Southgate who led England to back-to-back Euro finals.
The former Bayern Munich coach led Chelsea to win the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFa Club World Cup.
