FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said that he believes hiring Thomas Tuchel as England’s new manager will give the Three Lions the best chance of winning the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Bullingham added that the FA looked at what they were hoping for from their next manager before Euro 2024 took place.

“We did a lot of work before the Euros on what was the
ideal characteristic and profile of an England manager, to help us to give us
the best chance of winning in a tournament and Thomas fitted that really well,” Bullingham told the BBC.

“He was always on our target list, so we made a proactive
approach to speak to him, in amongst speaking to a number of other people in
the industry, because we wanted to run a thorough process.

“He was outstanding, he gave a really strong
presentation, outlined how he felt he could help us win and the chemistry felt
really good and we concluded the partnership quite soon after that.

“We did interview some English coaches, amongst
interviewing some international coaches, but our focus was on having someone to
give us our best chance of winning in the USA and we think we have got that.

“We felt it was really important for our fans, for the
players, for the whole country, that we appointed the coach that would give our
talented group of players the best chance to win in the USA and that is what we
believe we have done.”