FA spark controversy after confirming Thomas Tuchel as next England coach

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As Lee Carsley appeared to make his decision clear on the stance of the England national team job, the nation have turned things around after finding a top manager was available for discussion, an appointment that will certainly cause some stir but the three lions realise the potential ahead of the World Cup.

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00:00The Football Association's decision to appoint Thomas Tuchel as the New England coach will

00:04be regarded by many as a betrayal of the much-touted pathway from the national team's headquarters

00:10at St George's Park to the top and an insult to the home-grown managerial talent.

00:17German Tuchel will succeed Gareth Southgate, who held the post for eight years after coaching

00:22England's under-21 team for a three-year spell.

00:25Tuchel's arrival is a radical and significant diversion from the route laid out by the FA's

00:31so-called DNA mantra, delivered a decade ago by Dan Ashworth.

00:36The FA's move will be controversial and contentious, but few can argue against the fact they have

00:42appointed one of the great modern coaches an operator of the highest calibre.

00:47He'll be the third foreigner to manage the nation in its history and if he delivers,

00:52the FA can stand firm as it could put an end to the success that's eluded them since 1966.

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