As the FA sparked controversy after confirming it would be Thomas Tuchel who takes over the England job from 2025, the third foreign manager and first ever German to take charge of the nation, what are the underlying thoughts of this appointment? We spoke to football writers, to find out.
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Well, obviously, the FA had a bit of controversy announcing the first ever German manager to
00:07take charge of the national team. I mean, third ever foreign manager, it looks like
00:12they've gone back down, obviously, the foreign route. It's possibly the best decision in
00:18terms of a tournament manager who's available on the market at this time. What's your thoughts
00:24on it? Because it is quite controversial, as I say.
00:28Well, yeah, as you say, you mentioned Eddie Howe, and Eddie Howe's come out and said that
00:33he wasn't even one of the 10 that was approached by England. So,
00:40if anyone called on Eddie Howe, if England didn't think he could go, A, they didn't think he could
00:45get him, or B, they didn't want to pay the compensation for him, you know, it's a report
00:49of £5 million, and they didn't want to pay that. So, who else do you go and get if you
00:54want an English manager? Do you go and get Graeme Potter, or struggle to Chelsea, did
01:00well enough for Brighton, but, you know, has he had the coaching created to now manage
01:09England? And otherwise, who else do you go and get in terms of English managers? And
01:14we've heard a lot about the investment that's gone into, you know, like the EPPP, etc, and
01:22St George's, but are England producing enough coaches? Now, back to Thomas Tuchel, for me,
01:30I have to agree, if you look at the managers who, A, are out there and have been able to
01:35want the job, because some might not want the job, he was probably the best of the bunch.
01:42Yeah, I can understand the divided opinion. Some people think that international football,
01:47you should stick to your own and have an English manager. So many other countries have done it,
01:51they've never appointed a foreign manager. But personally, England have got one of the
01:56greatest squads we've ever seen, arguably the greatest, and you've got to have a manager who's
02:01capable of winning tournaments. Thomas Tuchel is one of the very best in the business when
02:05it comes to knockout football. He's won the Champions League with a Chelsea team that was
02:09far from convincing in the years after he left, at the time after he left. And you've also got
02:15the, well, the midfield, I think is so important to unlock with the likes of Jude Bellingham,
02:20Cole Palmer, Phil Foden. He's so good, Thomas Tuchel, at working with number 10s, and I think
02:25he's the perfect fit. So German, English, I don't care what his passport is. I don't think England
02:30have got enough talent in coaching at the moment, and Thomas Tuchel should be the man to take them
02:34forward. And in terms of Tuchel as a manager, I think he is a fantastic manager in terms of
02:39CV speaks for itself. So top clubs, he's won the Champions League, managed in two Champions League
02:43finals, and that would be the one thought with Tuchel, that just he's coming in, he's suddenly
02:48being parachuted in, expect to do a job straight away, maybe certain aspects of the culture he
02:52perhaps is not totally up to speed with. But look, we'll see, and to reiterate, I think he is a top
02:57quality manager, Thomas Tuchel.