Thomas Tuchel will definitely be the teacher of the English nationwide soccer group from 2025. The international press testimonials at a glance.
The Guardian: “The players will find his training sessions entertaining and innovative. Tuchel is a coach who loves the smell of the pitch. He is demanding and intense in training but he has bonded with the team at Chelsea.”
The Independent: “The German is able to combine sophisticated modern tactics with competitive pragmatism and knows many of the players from his time at Chelsea. He also has a close friendship with captain Harry Kane from their time together at Bayern Munich.”
Mirror: “This means the national team will be led by a coach from England’s biggest rival, as it is the first time a German has taken charge.”
BBC: “Tuchel – a victim of principle or the best man for the job in England? The Football Association’s decision to appoint Thomas Tuchel as the new England coach is seen by many as a betrayal of the much-vaunted path from the national team’s headquarters in St. George’s -Park to the top and seen as an insult to local coaching talent. ”
The Sun: “Thomas Tuchel has all the makings of a typical English coach. Tactical skills, drive, energy, experience – and a tangled love life. English football should have the most explosive, dynamic, charismatic and impossibly tall and lanky coach ever to emerge in the world Premier League caused a sensation.”
Daily Mail (all England): “England must be English down to the last man in the jersey. We don’t need Thomas Tuchel, but a patriot for whom the country comes first, second and third. (…) The coach should be someone who is born in the football culture and raised in this country, someone who is familiar with the best and worst of our country.”
Marca: “Until now he (Tuchel) was without a team and was one of the ‘sweets’ of the market. “That’s over now, because he will lead the fortunes of one of the most important countries in the world and already has one date in his sights: the 2026 World Cup.”
Mundo Sports: “The German has the task ahead of him of leading one of the best generations of football English football has produced in recent decades to win a major national team tournament – a goal that has eluded England since winning the 1966 World Cup 58 years ago.”
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Sports (all Spain): “A bombshell! Thomas Tuchel wants to be England’s next coach, ending the rumors that Pep Guardiola placed on the bench of the Three Lions as the heir to Southgate and Lee Carsley. The British want to start a new winning project, with one of the best teams in the world.”
Blick (Switzerland): “Coaching hammer on the island: Tuchel takes over the England national team.”
L’Équipe (France): “The former coach now faces the biggest challenge of his career: winning a trophy with England (…) and thereby breaking the curse that has seemed to befall this selection since their home title at the 1966 World Cup.”
