Sarina Wiegman is quoted in the England men’s national team

One of the highlights of the 2023 World Cup, coach Sarina Wiegman has been coach of the England women’s national team since 2021. Since then, she has won the Euro Cup with the “Liones” and placed another team in the final of a World Cup. In the previous edition, in 2019, Wiegman led the Netherlands to the final, but ended up embittering a runner-up against the Americans.

With an enviable resume, three FIFA awards for “best coach in women’s football”, it is natural that the coach’s next steps are speculated by fans, press and managers. In the early hours of this Friday, the 18th, a clue as to which could be the next team commanded by Wiegman emerged.

Behind the scenes of English football, she is tipped to take charge of the England men’s national football team. If that comes to fruition, she will make history, becoming the first woman to be hired as head coach of a professional club in England.

Mark Bullingham, executive director of the Football Association of England (FA), mentioned Sarina’s name in an interview and, in addition to praising the work done by the Dutchwoman, aired the possibility of her taking over the command post of the national team. male.

“Sarina is doing a great job and we hope she stays that way for a long time. She can do whatever she wants in football. ?”, he said. “If she decides at some point in the future to go in a different direction, I think she’s perfectly capable of that.”

The current England men’s coach, Gareth Southgate, has a contract with the team until the end of next year’s Euro. The team, however, does not cheer up and the coach’s days seem to be numbered.

Wiegman, on the other hand, has a contract with the Football Association of England until 2025. She, however, is also one of the coaches most quoted to take charge of the United States, which sacked coach Vlatko Andonovski after a weak campaign in the 2023 World Cup.

A former Netherlands midfielder, Wiegman made a name for herself as a football coach when she won Euro 2017 with the Netherlands. In 2019, she won a surprising World Cup runner-up. In 2021, she took over England and turned the team from water to wine. What was once a selection full of doubts has become one of the best teams in the world.

With one more Euro to count against England, Wiegman wants to make history and win the title that is still missing to crown his career once and for all. The 2023 World Cup final takes place this Sunday, the 20th, at 7 am (Brasília time) in a game that puts Spain against England.