Thomas Tuchel has signed a deal to become the new England manager.
The 51-year-old German ends the wait for a permanent new head coach following Gareth Southgate’s resignation in the summer.
Tuchel has been out of work since leaving Bayern Munich at the end of last season.
FA chief executive Mark Bullingham and technical director John McDermott have been in discussions with Tuchel since last month.
Chelsea’s Champions League-winning former boss will become England’s first German-born manager.
Analysis: Is Tuchel the right fit for England?
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England captain Harry Kane told Sky Germany that he’s yet to hear from The FA about who will be the next England manager, but suggests that Thomas Tuchel is a fantastic coach and person.
Sky Sports‘ Peter Smith:
It’s hard to imagine a more strenuous set of off-field circumstances for a football manager to have to cope with than those he faced at Chelsea but the German repeatedly brought honesty, integrity and personality to his press conferences during his time at Stamford Bridge. It was admirable leadership in the most trying of circumstances.
The credit to Tuchel is that, when he was sacked by Todd Boehly and co in September 2022 his reputation was enhanced, both in terms of his work as a coach and as a figurehead for a football club.
With his additional high-profile experiences at Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and most recently Bayern Munich, there can be few managers who know better how to deal with the microscopic analysis made of operators at the very top end of world football and the challenges they face.
The England role is perhaps the most intensely scrutinised of them all – but there can be few coaches better prepared for that element of the job.
Read Peter Smith’s feature in full here
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