Thomas Tuchel 'agrees in principle' to be next England manager, according to reports


The job has been vacant since Harrogate-based Gareth Southgate resigned in the aftermath of England's European Championship final defeat to Spain in July.
Under-21 coach Lee Carsley was put in interim charge for the remaining fixtures of 2024, all in the Nations League, but England's dreadful performance in defeat to Greece at Wembley last week and the confused messaging from the former Sheffield United assistant manager since about his desire to take the job permanently appear to have accelerated the process.
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Hide AdTuchel would be the first German to manage England and the third overseas man after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.
The 51-year-old is a highly-rated product of the Red Bull school of coaching who has won three domestic league title and the European Cup, but has an abrasive style which has seen him manage four of Europe's top clubs in just nine years.
After learning his trade with Augsburg and Mainz, Tuchel joined Borussia Dortmund in 2015.
He won the German cup in his second season but was sacked three days later. Chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke described Tuchel him as a “difficult person”.
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Hide AdHe took Paris Saint Germain to their only European Cup final to date – a behind-closed-doors affair because of Covid-19 – but again had a strained relationship with the club's hierarchy and left midway through his third season, joining Chelsea.
Not only did he lead the Blues to another European Cup final in his first six months, they beat Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in it.
But when Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club because of sanctions relating to the war in Ukraine, Tuchel and new co-owner/sporting director Todd Boehly had a dysfunctional relationship, and he was sacked in March 2023.
Tuchel joined Bayern Munich, seeing them to the league title, but last season Bayern went trophyless and it was decided in February he would leave at the end of it.
Now he looks set to be tasked with trying to end England’s 58-year search for silverware.