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The FA cannot seriously give Phil Neville the England job
The Lionesses are not a sideshow and deserve to be taken seriously. However, KADEEM SIMMONDS believes this appointment would say the opposite

THE reaction to the news that Phil Neville was seriously being considered to take the England women’s job was pretty much the same from whoever I mentioned it to.

It was one of laughter and bewilderment, until the realisation dawned on them that I wasn’t joking and this was a legitimate story.

I’m sure Neville is a great person and maybe somewhere down the line he will be a tremendous manager. But to argue that him taking over the England team is a good thing is a farce.

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