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England will end up hiring Graham Potter
Might stick a few quid on this, not sure why the FA insist England must have an English manager but hey-ho.
I think it's the fault of Capello really, who was so foreign, quite cold, terse, with not a great command of the language, and hugely underperformed with squad cohesion (ie, the soft side of the job) being a failure of the team. Not that I'm putting all the blame on Capello... the media and the players all have to take some share of that. Also, his style was of his time.
I think if we had a warm and cuddly foreign manager with great English, like Klopp was when he first started at Liverpool (he's a bit more jaded now), then the FA would consider it. Even if you're a Southgate doubter, you can't deny that he's made such huge progress on squad cohesion.
Just to add to this, there's no way the FA haven't taken notice of Wiegman being such a success. As long as they speak decent English and will throw themselves into the job, I think they'd be open to a non-English person.