Sarina Wiegman: England’s ‘cool and calm’ head coach with the no-nonsense look

If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery then surely Sarina Wiegman’s suit says it all.

The England head coach is one win away from a second consecutive women’s EURO trophy, having guided her native Netherlands to glory in 2017.

Britain has exponentially taken notice of the steely blue-eyed woman who has guided the Lionesses to Sunday’s Wembley showdown with Germany, surpassing even some of her own squad to become one of the most recognisable faces at this tournament.

That fashion editors are now telling admirers where to nab her pitch-side uniform, a dark £45 M&S blazer with matching trousers, paired with a white button-down and Nike trainers, says a lot about how quickly the 52-year-old’s stock has risen since she took the helm last September.

The no-nonsense look, which has seen sales of her signature blazer rise by 140 per cent since last week, very much reflects the modus operandi of its wearer, who has yet to change her starting XI.

“She looks calm, she looks cool, I’ve heard players talk about how honest she is with them,” former Lioness Kelly Smith, who earned 117 caps for England, told PA news agency.

“There’s no BS, which some managers can give you. She’s just, ‘this is what you need to do. If you don’t do this, then potentially you won’t play, I need to see this from you’. It’s very to the point, and I think the players have never had that before.

“And they’re liking it, that it’s kind of basic, but they’re taking it on board. They just seem so unified and united.”

The ‘Sarina suit’ wasn’t the first significant sartorial choice the former PE teacher has made over the course of her remarkable, record-breaking, glass ceiling-shattering career.

Before the trophies, the accolades, and this weekend’s