On September 30th, the news broke that The Athletic had made the stone-cold observation that the English FA might want to consider England women's football boss Wegman as a replacement for Southgate.
Southgate has been in charge of England for six years, however, with the Three Lions' recent record not being ideal, the FA may be looking for a new managerial candidate after the World Cup. Favorites such as Porter and Eddie Howe seem to be drifting away, Lampard and Gerrard have yet to fully prove themselves, and Sean Dyche's tactics don't seem to fit.
In addition, the likes of Mauricio Pochettino, Rodgers and Tuchel have been linked to the England managerial position, but all seem to lack sufficient competitiveness.The Athletic points out that there is a bold choice for the England managerial position, and that is Wegmann, who led England's women's football team to the title.
The media outlet emphasized that Wegmann has proven herself in women's football and that she has the ability to adapt on the field that Southgate lacks. England women's soccer players said that Wegmann has a plan for every situation, while in contrast, Southgate only has a specific plan before the start of the game, but lacks the ability to adjust as the game progresses.
Regarding why Wegmann accepted the England men's football position, The Athletic said it was firstly because of the salary, which is currently just one-tenth of Southgate's, and secondly because of the chance for her to achieve something historic. Previously, when England women's football hired Wegmann, there were questions about whether a foreign manager should be hired, and if the FA had hired Wegmann as the men's manager, there would surely have been questions about that as well, but Wegmann has been a success with England women's football.
TA then discussed possible problems with hiring Wegman, the first being whether her tactics would work the same in men's and women's soccer, as many men's players have wanted to be soccer players since they were young, which is different from women's soccer. The second was her lack of experience in dealing with male players, but this was not an insurmountable problem.
From Southgate's point of view, replacing him with Wegmann might make a difference to England's main tactical problem, as the Three Lions can't afford to change the game by substituting players right now. And from Wegmann's point of view, no matter how her future career develops, coaching men's soccer must be of great significance.
TA concludes that if the world of women's soccer were looking for a coach who could try his hand at coaching men's soccer, the most likely candidate would be Wegmann. To put it another way, if Wegmann's predecessor, Phil Neville, had ended up leading England to the Women's European Cup, there would have been calls for him to replace Southgate. Would it be a neglect if calls for Wegmann to replace Southgate were not heard?
However, the matter of hiring an England skipper has nothing to do with gender equality, but if you want to be successful in the World Series, it is always more useful to hire a skipper who has already proved himself at the tournament level rather than a skipper who has not proved himself at the tournament.
