Tuchel talks Southgate, returning to England and 2026 World Cup

Thomas Tuchel is ready for the challenge as he prepares to take over as the new England manager in 2025

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00:00Mark and John made it very clear that it's about football and this excited me very quickly

00:11because I was not sure before we had this first talk if this is a role for me like in

00:17international football because the schedule is very different from club football.

00:22We will build on it, I think Gareth and DFA did a fantastic job in terms of stability

00:30and consistency, look at the last results in the tournament, it's a quarter-final, semi-final

00:36and two finals in the last four tournaments, it's outstanding so we will build on everything

00:43that Gareth built and DFA built and hopefully we can add a little bit of extra to get it

00:50over the line.

00:55I always wanted to come back to England, that was my big goal, I have the best memories

01:01of the country, of the league and of the players.

01:04The attitude towards the game, the attitude from the supporters that shapes the players

01:10and the character of the players was one of a kind and that's why the offer came at the

01:17absolutely right time.

01:23It's 18 months and then we agreed to sit together and then we see.

01:28The point was in this particular case that it was important for me to have a frame around

01:35it because it's a little bit of a step into the unknown for me.

01:38I am used to work on a daily basis with the staff, I'm used to work with a daily basis

01:42on the team, to have the influence on 60, 80 people in a training camp on every single

01:48day to be three days a week away in hotel rooms and prepare matches and this will be

01:55very different.

01:57We are here to work on the best possible outcome for the World Cup 26 and then let's see, whatever

02:10comes, comes.

02:11Now I think it's also very important to give the respect to Lee and the camp, the upcoming

02:18camp in November, to take his decisions free and without me interfering.