FA chief searching for 'right person' to lead England Women to World Cup glory
ByPA Sport
Published 10/01/2018 at 10:55 GMT
Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn has explained the delay in appointing the next England Women manager is down to finding the "right person" to win the 2019 World Cup.
Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn is taking his time over the new appointment
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Mo Marley has been in interim charge since Mark Sampson was sacked in September and overseen respective 4-0 and 5-0 World Cup qualifying wins over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kazakhstan.
The FA's head of women's football, Baroness Sue Campbell, said in October that the plan was for Sampson's permanent successor to be in place by the end of 2017 and in charge for training in La Manga this month.
But that appointment has yet to be made, and Glenn told Press Association Sport: "We absolutely want to get the right person.
"We have got great ambitions for the women's team.
"We believe we can win the World Cup so we have to get the right person with the right set of skills.
"We are lucky we have had a great interim in Mo Marley, so that has allowed us to spend that bit more time to make sure we are assessing all of the talent across the world."
Sampson, who guided England to the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup, was sacked in September for what the FA deemed "inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour" in a previous role.
England are currently second in their World Cup qualifying group, a point behind leaders Wales with a game in hand.
Their next qualifier is against Wales in Southampton on April 6.
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