England's Football Association are on the lookout for a new technical director -- 10 years after the only man to have held the job left the post.
The new technical director will work alongside Trevor Brooking, the FA's director of football development and a former England midfielder at the new national football centre at St George's Park in the Midlands town of Burton-on-Trent.
FA general secretary Alex Horne said Tuesday: "The role of technical director will be crucial as we continue to strive towards improving the technical ability and knowledge of our players and coaches, both now and in the future."
Howard Wilkinson, who left the technical director role to become Sunderland manager in 2002, said the post was important if England were to have a centre for coaching coaches and develop a style of football that could succeed on the international stage.
"Any federation needs someone who is responsible for the strategic direction in terms of technical matters and the FA is no different," Wilkinson said.
"It is high time someone was appointed, absolutely yes. I can't think of a country in Europe that does not have one.
"From my point of view it is a welcome announcement and if we are going to make the most of the opportunity that St George's Park offers to us, then in the long term you need someone to think into the future and to plan for the future."
England have only ever won one major international football tournament, when they lifted the World Cup on home soil back in 1966.
Source: AFP
