He considers appointing a female coach to lead the men's team
This was shared by the CEO of the English Football Association (FA) Mark Bullingham, while commenting on the current coach of the England women's team. "Do I think Sarina is fit to take on any role in football? Yes, I believe. I'm really happy with what she's doing and hope she can keep doing it for a long time to come. If in the future, Sarina wants to move to lead the men's team, that will be interesting but the decision is up to her, right?", he said.
Wiegman led the British women's team to the second consecutive final after winning Euro 2022. On August 20, she and her students will face Spain in the 2023 World Cup final. For Wiegman personally, she is First coach, male and female, to reach four consecutive major tournament finals.
In 2017, Wiegman helped her hometown team, the Netherlands, win the Euros. Two years later, she took the Netherlands to the World Cup final and lost to the US. Wiegman then moved to lead England, raising the team to become one of the forces of women's football in the world. With her work done, Wiegman is being considered for the title of Honorary Lady of the British Royal Family. Some even suggested that she replace Southgate as the men's coach.
"It would be a bit disrespectful to the women's team to see Sarina leading the men's team as her step forward. People always say, this is the 'best man' or 'best Englishman' to take care of this. Why must it be a man Our answer has always been to find the best.Football is following other sports in terms of having many female coaches in a top environment, that needs to change. Sarina is doing well and is fully capable if she wants to go in a different direction in the future.If our men's head coach position is vacant, the FA will definitely find the best person capable of winning. " said Bullingham.
Currently, the US Soccer Federation is convincing Wiegman to switch to lead the country's women's team after Mr. Vlatko Andonovski resigned. Therefore, the FA wants to draft a new contract to retain the Dutch military leader. Wiegman is enjoying a salary of $510,000 a year on a contract until the summer of 2025, far below the 6.4 million a year Southgate is being paid.
