Hours after being appointed England Women s manager, Phil Neville deleted his Twitter account after controversial old posts resurfaced.
Shortly after the former Manchester United defender was named as Mark Sampson s permanent successor, tweets from Neville s account in 2012 that could be perceived as derogatory to women were circulated on the social media platform.
Neville followed the Football Association (FA) announcement with a post on his official Twitter account that read: Extremely proud and honoured to be the head coach of the @Lionesses and Im unbelievably excited about the challenges ahead!!
However, shortly afterwards his profile was taken offline. The FA has been contacted for comment.
The Lionesses had been without a manager since Sampson was dismissed in September, with misdemeanours during his time at Bristol City s academy leading to his departure.
Sampson had also been embroiled in a race row having allegedly discriminated against Eniola Aluko, though the FA insisted at the time that his dismissal was not connected.
