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Mark Bullingham has insisted that appointing Thomas Tuchel as England’s head coach should not raise alarm bells about the Football Association’s development of homegrown managers.
Bullingham, the FA’s chief executive, and John McDermott, the technical director, have faced criticism after ending their hunt for Gareth Southgate’s successor by putting a foreigner in charge of the men’s senior team for the third time. Those opposed to hiring Tuchel have raised concerns over what it says about the production line at St George’s Park.
