Several audiences have expressed their concern with the appointment of former Chelsea man Thomas Tuchel for the England job – and Manchester United icon Gary Neville is among them.

While Neville stressed that he is not doubting the credentials of Tuchel, he thinks that the England job should have been given to an English coach, noting that it is a damning indictment of the way the FA views its indigenous managers.

When asked who he would have appointed instead of Tuchel, Neville answered with either Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe or Graham Potter, who is currently a free agent.

What did former Manchester United man Gary Neville say about England’s choice to appoint Thomas Tuchel?

Speaking with SkyBet, Neville said: “I was with England when they moved to St. George’s Park and in that move, there was a vision of the FA moving forward that English coaching, English education pathway, promoting an English style of football and identity, and having England coaches was important – that was deemed to be success.

“The actual teams have been successful over the last eight years. This is not an anti-Thomas Tuchel agenda, it’s purely around the fact that English coaches are struggling to build an identity, not just in this country but in Europe as well. So, if we can’t appoint an English coach to the national job, where are we putting our belief system in terms of what we’re doing?

“Ultimately, I will support Thomas Tuchel and I’m desperate for England to win a tournament, but just think going back to where we were with [Fabio] Capello and Sven [Göran Eriksson], I didn’t think we’d revisit that again.

“I thought we’d say that the England manager has to be English moving forward because English coaching is struggling at this moment in time. [I] Probably would have been Eddie Howe or Graham Potter. They would have been one of the two I would have gone for.”