Thomas Tuchel has been introduced as the brand new England supervisor (Picture by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Photographs)
Former Chelsea and Bayern Munich supervisor Thomas Tuchel has been formally confirmed as the brand new England supervisor right this moment, changing Gareth Southgate.
Southgate stepped down after Euro 2024 and now Tuchel has been introduced by England on social media, with the German tactician changing into solely the third non-English coach to take the job, after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.
See beneath for England’s official announcement, which additionally beforehand featured a bit teased publish of a baseball cap with the Three Lions emblem on it, as Tuchel is well-known for sometimes carrying a hat on the facet strains – although hopefully some followers weren’t misled into pondering Jurgen Klopp was about to be introduced as an alternative!
Tuchel has a fantastic CV going into this job, having received the Champions League with an unfancied Chelsea facet in 2021, whereas he additionally reached the ultimate with Paris Saint-Germain the yr earlier than.
The 51-year-old additionally has league title wins from his time at Bayern Munich and PSG, having labored with a few of the finest gamers on the earth, together with England captain Harry Kane on the Allianz Area simply final season.
Thomas Tuchel backed by England legend Rio Ferdinand
Whereas there may be certain to be some debate about not hiring an English supervisor, former Manchester United and Three Lions star Rio Ferdinand isn’t in any respect involved about that.
Ferdinand believes Tuchel has the possibility to turn into immortal and that nobody will probably be desirous about his nationality if he can take this workforce to success, as they’ve been so near reaching beneath Southgate.
Talking on YouTube, Ferdinand mentioned: “I’ve seen murmurings, I’ve seen articles which are written by folks, ‘the FA needs to be patriotic, we should always have an English supervisor, there are such a lot of good English managers, younger ones which are ready’, Graham Potter, I hold seeing his title put in there.
“You need the very best to do it. I don’t care, I’m a type of guys, if we win a World Cup or a Euros, all these guys who’re writing these articles, I’m going to avoid wasting them, as a result of they’re the fellows who will probably be screaming, waving their legs about, shedding their voice, consuming 12 pints after it and celebrating, and they won’t be speaking about, ‘oh no, we’ve obtained a German who’s managing us’.
“That won’t be the dialog as a result of if he wins it, it’s immortal. This is a chance for these guys to turn into immortal, and for this reason I believe Thomas Tuchel is licking his lips, that is the possibility to place himself above anyone on this nation proper now, up there together with Sir Alf Ramsey.”
