Tuchel takes on England's "impossible" job

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Why has Thomas Tuchel swapped club football for the England job? Why has he only got an 18-month contract? And why doesn't he start his new job until January?

Mark Chapman is joined by correspondent John Murray as well as former England internationals Andros Townsend and Rob Green to try and answer some of the key questions surrounding Tuchel's appointment.

We also hear from the German as he's formally unveiled at Wembley, and there's further reaction from ex-England strikers Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.

TIMECODES 02:00 Thomas Tuchel on his appointment 10:00 FA chief executive Mark Bullingham on why they chose Tuchel 29:00 Rob Green on Tuchel's spell at Chelsea 38:00 What does this say about the state of English coaching?

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0:50.0	with Mike Chapman.
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0:53.2	Hello, welcome to the football daily podcast on the day England's man got a new head coach
0:58.0	Hi guys Thomas here. This is my first message as the English head coach, I'm Ed Wembley, where else.
1:05.0	I can promise you, I'm very excited, I'm very honored.
1:10.0	We'll discuss what's on his to-do list, his style of play what he'll bring to England.
1:15.2	When he arrives in January, you'll hear from the man himself, you'll hear from the man who employed
1:20.4	him, Gary Linneker and Alan Shearer will join us as well, plus Rob Green, Andros
1:26.3	Townsend, our football correspondent, John Murray as well.
1:31.6	Let's hear from the man himself straight away before we hear from Andros and
1:36.4	Rob here is England's new head coach Thomas Tewkel on how he got the job.
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