England have appointed their new manager who will carry them through the World Cup. The former Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain manager Thomas Tuchel will take over in 2025. Tuchel is regarded as one of the best coaches in the world right now. His contemporaries have always been praiseful about the kind of football his teams play and clips on the internet have shown how passionate and intense he can be.
The time under Gareth Southgate was mixed, there were times when the team performed well but they couldn’t win a trophy. The fifty-three-year-old manager took England to three semi-finals and two finals in the period between 2016 to 2024. Despite criticism that he didn’t meet expectations, his performance rekindled hope among England fans. Sir Alf is the only manager to win something with the team and Southgate is undoubtedly the second-best England manager ever.
With the appointment of Thomas Tuchel, a new chapter in English football has started. The German will be the third foreign coach at the England National team. There has been a mixed reaction in the media with many people wanting an English manager to coach the National team. The last time they won a trophy was the 1966 World Cup. Everyone’s talking like if Tuchel doesn’t win them a trophy, then the fans will attack the fact that he isn’t English. Do they realize that twenty-one out of the twenty-two managers haven’t won anything?
Thomas Tuchel is the best manager available
Thomas Tuchel was the best available manager at the moment. What better can you ask for? British media is full of people saying this like, we have failed as a country because now we need to have foreign coaches. The last trophy they have won was in 1966. What have the other ‘English’ managers done other than fail? Brazil has only had Brazilian managers, Spain has had Spanish managers, and France has had French managers, is what I read somewhere. Do people realize that countries that have been doing this because it works? Spain did not win the World Cup because they appointed a Spanish manager France did not win because the manager of the team was French, they won because they appointed the right manager.
Brazil was also mentioned, look at the state of Brazilian football. Rather than understanding that just by having a coach from your own country doesn’t guarantee results, people have made it about some sort of national pride rather than football. Trust me when I say this, every person who doesn’t want Tuchel at England will be singing his songs if he gets them a trophy.
Fans will be harsh on him if he doesn’t win.
The manager won’t put his boots on at the 75th minute to win you matches. If your players are the best in the world then you will go trophyless for 2 seasons, 5 seasons, maybe 7 seasons. Not for half a century.
I have also read arguments like, the fans and the media will be harsh on Thomas Tuchel if they don’t win. Weren’t the media and the fans also harsh on Southgate? Which English manager has had it easy? It doesn’t matter what the nationality of the coach is, what matters is the coach himself. Thomas Tuchel is a great choice. Having coached at Chelsea before, England is not alien to him. He has gone deep in tournaments like the Champions League which shows that he can win big-knockout games. If someone of his stature can’t win you a trophy then please don’t expect Eddie Howe or Sean Dyche to do that.
This snobbery is absent in cricket, where they have Brendon McCullum, a New Zealander coaching the team. The English media is not half as clever as they think they are. Neither Bazball is saving test cricket nor does Thomas Tuchel’s appointment mean that English football is over. These narratives that the British media pushes are laughed at around the world, and I hope that they understand this.
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