Ex-Man Utd coach McGuinness joins English FA staff

Published on: 31 October 2017

Former Manchester United coach Paul McGuinness has joined the English FA.

McGuinness has joined the FA's development programme.

He was involved in the development of a number of key United players, including England internationals Marcus Rashford and Danny Welbeck.

McGuinness also coached the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2011, which featured midfielders Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard, along with Everton defender Michael Keane.

After England's U17 and U20 World Cup triumphs, he told BBC Sport: "The summer proves it is not one group of players. It is a series of teams who have done very well.

"Belief is a big thing. That is exactly what these England players will have. 60,000 in India in a World Cup final - you are proving to yourself you can do it on the big stage."

McGuinness added: "One year at United, they won the Premier League, reserve league, under-19s and under-17s. It creates a massive belief and a consistency.

"It is not a fluke where one team has won a tournament, we got three or four in finals. That creates great belief. It can snowball."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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