Southampton boss Russell Martin said Thursday that loads of English coaches are capable of coaching England after Thomas Tuchel was named as the national teams new manager.
The German, a former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss, was unveiled on Wednesday and will start his new job on January 1.
The 51-year-old succeeds Gareth Southgate as permanent coach and becomes the third foreign England manager after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.
Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham said English coaches were interviewed, but England were not in that place to have several homegrown contenders for the national team job.
Former Manchester United captain and England defender Gary Neville admitted on Sky Sports that Tuchel was the best available manager in the world.
