BONUS: A first glimpse at Tuchel’s England
Football Daily
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🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
When did Dan Burn find out he was in the running for a place in the England squad? And how did Thomas Tuchel break the ice with Morgan Gibbs-White to call him up having initially left him out of the 26-man squad?
Both Burn and Gibbs-White have been speaking to John Murray, who’s with Ian Dennis at St George’s Park for a first glimpse of Thomas Tuchel’s England.
TIMECODES: 02:08 – Dan Burn Interview 07:10 – Is Tuchel looking for character in his call ups? 07:45 – Which Under 21s trained with the England squad? 08:29 – What’s different at St George’s Park under Tuchel? 12:45 – Morgan Gibbs White interview 18:47 – Just 24 training sessions to the 2026 World Cup?
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| 0:40.3 | Hello, I'm Ian Dennis and greetings from St George's Park for another England bonus edition of the Five Live Football Daily. |
| 0:47.3 | Last week we heard from Thomas Tuchel at Wembley after he announced his squad and today we had an opportunity to hear from those players |
| 0:55.2 | Dan Byrne one of the new boys and very much the man of the moment and Morgan Gibbs White |
| 1:00.4 | a late edition after his weekend call up 48 hours after Tuchel had named his 26 man's squad. |
| 1:08.0 | Well last week John Murray was asking the questions. Today, our football correspondent |
| 1:13.8 | will be answering them. Hello. Hello. Before we get into the training, because I think that was |
| 1:18.7 | quite interesting today, here in the sunshine in Burton, you have been speaking to Dan Byrne. I mean, |
| 1:25.9 | what a world in a few days it's been for him. |
| 1:28.5 | Well, I mean, where we're talking now, we're just a few yards away, really, aren't we, |
| 1:32.5 | from where the England squad have been warming up today before they will move on to another pitch, |
| 1:37.9 | but we'll talk about that later. But I thought quite significantly today, when they walked out, |
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