FA Chiefs are causing uproar by making staff behind England’s under-17s glory reapply for their jobs.

England have enjoyed unprecedented success at youth level in the past 12 months but are still carrying out a major shake-up which could see key coaches lose their jobs.

Nick Levett, the Football Association’s Talent ID manager, and highly-respected Steve Brown are two members of staff affected by the restructure carried out by FA boss Dave Reddin.

England’s under-17s won the World Cup this weekend and that comes on top of the under-20s being crowned world champions while the under-19s won the Euros and the u-21s reached the semi finals.

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Levett posted several tweets and retweets toasting England’s success as Talent ID is credited with identifying and bringing through young players and being an integral part of the success story at St George’s Park.

Mirror Sport understands there is major resentment among some members of FA staff who have been stunned by both the timing and the fact it is being done in the face of recent success.

It is understood some staff have decided to leave as they are so unhappy.

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FA head of Team Strategy and Performance Reddin, whose background is in rugby, caused controversy last year when he overhauled the medical set-up which led to both former England physio Gary Lewin and Dr Ian Beasley leaving.

Richard Allen, formerly of QPR and Tottenham, has already quit his role amid fears about the new youth set-up to join Loughborough University.

The shake-up is seen as a move away from traditional scouting towards looking at statistics to identify players with the new system due to be called Insight.

Reddin, who is gaining a reputation as a controversial figure in football, has even stressed at recent meetings that the days of traditional scouts looking for players on the touchline are over.