Eddie Howe 'handed brutal England interview snub' before Thomas Tuchel appointment

Eddie Howe was tipped to beryllium successful the moving for the England occupation but the FA decided connected erstwhile Chelsea brag Thomas Tuchel to win Gareth Southgate, handing him an 18-month deal

The FA chose not to attack Newcastle brag Eddie Howe earlier appointing Thomas Tuchel arsenic the adjacent England manager.

FA main enforcement Mark Bullingham confirmed during Tuchel's unveiling property conference that they interviewed 'approximately 10' candidates aft Gareth Southgate stepped down successful July. Howe, who saved Newcastle from relegation successful 2022 earlier spectacularly guiding them into the Champions League the pursuing season, was viewed arsenic the astir qualified homegrown candidate.

But it's emerged that the erstwhile Bournemouth manager wasn't adjacent interviewed. According to the Sun, the FA knew that Saudi Arabian-backed Newcastle would request a ample magnitude of compensation truthful turned their attraction to Tuchel, who was retired of enactment aft leaving Bayern Munich successful May.

"We ran a truly wide process. We spoke to astir 10 passim the process," Bulligham revealed to the media connected Wednesday. "Clearly immoderate were much up for the relation than others. We were perfectly delighted to extremity up with Thomas and we judge helium gives america the champion accidental of winning the World Cup."

The FA's determination not to name an Englishman has been criticised successful immoderate quartets, with ex-Chelsea and Brighton brag Graham Potter besides snubbed, though helium did get an interview. Bullingham, however, cited the deficiency of English coaches managing teams astatine the apical of the game.

"If you look astatine St George's Park overall, it has been a truly bully success," helium said of England's grooming analyzable successful Burton. "Our pathway is truly strong, some from a coaches and players constituent of view. There are a batch of fantastic young coaches.

"Clearly you would emotion to person 5 to 10 home candidates who are coaching clubs successful your home league, challenging and winning honours successful your home league and European football. "We are not rather successful that spot astatine the moment.

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"As we acceptable retired our process, our precedence was to find idiosyncratic that tin springiness our players the champion imaginable accidental to win. We person recovered that, and we person got Thomas — and we are delighted."

Bullingham added: "We would emotion to person much English coaches managing successful the Premier League."

Shedding much airy connected their determination to name erstwhile Bayern, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and Mainz manager Tuchel, helium said: "We had a wide recruitment program successful spot earlier the Euros and a shortlist if we needed it. Thomas was perfectly outstanding, providing a truly wide imaginativeness for the relation and however helium would enactment with our players."

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