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Confirmation of the Football Association appointing Thomas Tuchel as head coach of the England national team has prompted a variety of responses from the usual quarters, much of it measured and an unsurprisingly large amount of it totally and utterly deranged.
Harry Kane has hailed Tuchel’s arrival. “A really great appointment,” cheered the England captain of his former boss at Bayern. “He’s a top top coach and a great person who’ll bring a lot of energy and experience and I’m look forward to starting with him in the new year.”
In the ruminations about the dearth of top-level English coaches, we talk a lot about the culture, but we shouldn’t forget it’s also about the economics, stupid. And few football nations prioritise making as much cash as possible like ours.
So, the German FA set the UEFA A course at £500 to encourage more young coaches to get qualified. Spain is 1k plus and has enough courses to meet demand. We charge 4k & most have little to no chance of even getting on a course due to over-subscription. The result of that
— Tony Russell (@Tonyrussell78) October 16, 2024 Thanks Michael, afternoon again everyone. Here’s a little counterfactual with which to run down the day: what do we think the reaction would be in the (incredibly unlikely) eventuality of the German national team appointing an English manager? You suspect it would still be a bigger deal in England, given the lopsided nature of this “rivalry”.
Going to hand over to Tom Davies now. Thanks for reading and for your emails.
One worry for Tuchel is that he’s going to grow wearisome of the press and the infringement on his personal life with this job. He was asked directly of this in the press conference but it’s worth remembering that England’s only World Cup-winning manager, Sir Alf Ramsey, wasn’t exactly a darling of the media.
Jonathan Wilson wrote a piece, back in 2021 before the Euro 2020 final, our writer talks of Ramsey’s (and Southgate’s) stubbornness.
Finally, something Piers and I agree on.
Anyone watching this press conference with Thomas Tuchel who still thinks we should have ‘gone English’ with our new manager is living in Cloud ‘Little Englander’ Cuckoo Land. So incredibly impressive. So perfectly qualified.
He’s a brilliant choice. ✅ pic.twitter.com/2rPTpXSYyq
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 16, 2024 The importance of being English, by Barney Ronay.