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- Updated: October 17, 2016
The FA have distanced themselves from Arsene Wenger becoming the next England manager after confirming their preference is for an Englishman.
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke, while answering questions from MPs on alleged corruption in football, said the governing body “would like an English manager if we can get one”.
He said: “But if we can’t, we’d like someone who has managed extensively in the Premier League so he understands the English football system, its development, the EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) etc.
“And I think we’d be crazy to appoint anyone who has never worked in English football. So it’s a taxonomy.”
Arsenal boss Wenger recently stated he was open to managing England “one day” but backed interim boss Gareth Southgate to take on the job full-time.
Southgate fits the criteria having managed Middlesbrough in the …
