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The FA will reveal that English football clubs have made significant progress but are FAILING to meet diversity targets in senior positions amid concerns over BAME appointments

The Football Association are set to reveal English clubs are failing to meet diversity targets within their most senior positions, Sportsmail has learned.

Next week the FA are to release the latest set of findings for their historic Leadership Diversity Code, which was introduced in 2020 with a view to increasing ethnic representation at the very top of English football.

And its second year, the FA’s code has delivered a mixed set of results.

English football’s key stakeholders, including the Premier League, FA and EFL, are understood to have made significant progress in making their respective workforces more diverse over the previous 12 months.