Everton manager Sean Dyche has questioned the Football Association’s commitment to its own coaching pathway following Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as England coach.

Dyche said the system was “pointless” if the coaches working within the structure at St George’s Park were not considered the right profile for the top job. He suggested Lee Carsley’s promotion from under-21 manager to take the senior position full-time – following the example of his predecessor Gareth Southgate – would have reflected a more successful policy.

“For all we know, Lee Carsley might have been so close to getting it, but all I would ask is, are those coaches at the younger age levels already considered the right type to manage our national side? If not, then it’s going to be difficult to develop them to be the one who is the leader of the gang,” said Dyche.

Everton’s coach is one of only four English managers working in the Premier League, alongside Eddie Howe, Gary O’Neil and Russell Martin. Dyche said he did not apply to be England manager following Southgate’s departure but was intrigued as to how youth coaches were being developed to make the step up.

“I haven’t been in the FA as regards to doing my badges for a number of years now, but I do go back in to do talks and things like that, so I’m not quite sure what the up-to-date is on that,” said Dyche.

“The only question I would ask is, and I know it’s not as literal as this, but is the coach of the under-16s, whose job has a delicate edge for that age group, made of the stuff that you can see them going all the way through the system to become the England manager? I’m not saying if they are or not, I don’t know those coaches, but if it is a different job then how do you get people through the system internally?

“If the FA are saying they are going to coach the coaches to become the England manager, are the under-16s, 17s, 18s, 19s and 21s coaches the right type? If they’re not, then I don’t see the point in that process. If they are, and they might well be, then I’d suggest that is a good way of looking at it. But how is an English under-16s coach going to get to the top if they are considered specific to that age group? They might be looking at it that way, I don’t know, but Lee Carsley has been considered not [by the FA]. So was he always considered not or was he always a maybe?”

Dyche is among those who believe the England job should be held by an English coach.

“I think most would have liked an English coach – that is the general theme I get from people I have spoken to in the game – and the viewpoint from the masses it seems,” he said.

“But the game is diversifying all the time and he [Tuchel] is someone who is right for the job and clearly has a record of someone who suggests he can do the job, that is for sure.

“I don’t think it is disheartening [for English coaches]. I think it is the reality of the modern game. Each pathway doesn’t always lead where you want it to.”