Phil Neville has been appointed as the new permanent head coach of the England Women’s national team, replacing Mark Sampson who was deposed for “inappropriate behaviour” in September.
Having coached at Manchester United, Valencia and the England Under-21s, Neville’s only previous management experience extends to one non-league match in charge of Salford City (the club he co-owns) against Kendal Town three years ago.
Extremely proud and honoured to be the head coach of the @Lionesses and Im unbelievably excited about the challenges ahead!! pic.twitter.com/u2AB3tBmFJ
— Philip Neville (@fizzer18) January 23, 2018
Neville joins Ryan Giggs in becoming the latest ex-United fledgling to walk into a job he’s vastly under-qualified for.
Pies hereby wish him well as we happen to thoroughly enjoy watching the Lionesses, but we can’t pretend this is anything other than ‘jobs-for-the-boys-ism’ from The FA.
Again.