Phil Neville will leave his role as manager of the England women’s national team upon the expiry of his contract in the summer of 2021.
The 43-year-old, who was capped as a player by the England men’s national team, has been in the job since January 2018.
Neville was poised to lead the Team GB women’s football team into the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, before resuming his duties with the England women’s side for the women's Euro 2021 tournament hosted on home soil.
However, as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Olympics have now been postponed until 2021, with the home women's European Championships pushed back to July 2022.
Due to the ensuing impact on the football calendar, the Football Association [FA] has opted not to renew Neville’s contract, after expressing a preference to have the same coach leading the Team GB side through the Olympics, before taking England to the European Championships and then onto the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Neville’s achievements as England women’s coach include leading the 'Lionesses' to a maiden SheBelieves Cup title and a fourth-place finish at the Women’s World Cup in 2019.
However, England women have lost seven of their previous 11 games and failed to retain the SheBelieves Cup this year.
The FA has been supportive of Neville throughout his tenure, and will now begin the task of searching for a new manager to take the reins after Neville stands down next year.
Phil Neville’s brother, former Manchester United player and England men’s international Gary Neville, told Sky Sports that he expects Phil to honour the full duration of his contract.
Gary Neville said: "Phil's the type of person that he will do whatever he's asked to do within his contract.
"He's got 14 months left on his contract and obviously the Olympics and European Championship were within that period.
"The problem is now obviously with coronavirus, those tournaments have been taken out of the period and international managers' contracts run to tournament ends.
"If the tournaments have gone, then you've got a real problem in the sense that you're just coaching friendlies. I think that's the situation that's developed.
"From Phil's point of view, he has 14 months left. It's just unfortunate that everyone's having to adapt; essentially, with tournaments going, the rug's been pulled under his feet from what would have been major goals as part of his career."
He added: "The issue will be beyond his contract, where tournaments occur that he's not in control of. Is any international football going to happen in the next six, eight months? The virus will decide what happens."
