The Football Association (FA) wants 30 per cent of the England men’s national team’s coaching staff to come from ethnically diverse backgrounds by 2028 as part of new plans announced to tackle discrimination,

The Football Association (FA) wants 30 per cent of England men’s team coaches to be from ethnically diverse backgrounds by 2028. The governing body was told earlier this year it needed to “work a lot harder” to create a diverse pool of candidates for the England head coach position by the Black Footballers Partnership.

English football's governing body released their new equality, diversity and inclusion strategy for the next four years on Tuesday

The FA has set itself a stretch target of 30 per cent of the England mens coaching staff - covering the senior team down to the U17s - to be of a Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic background; The minimum target it has set itself is 25 per cent,