Alan Shearer has spoken about the other managerial candidates for the England job, now it has been announded that Thomas Tuchel will take the role. Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images for Premier League and Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
Thomas Tuchel has now officially been appointed as the new manager of the England national team, and former Three Lions captain, Alan Shearer, has questioned the German’s appointment.
Shearer’s standing and commitment in the game during his time in the Premier League and with the England squad can’t be questioned, so he’s well placed to give his two penneth on why the Football Association have decided to go with Tuchel ahead of any other prospective candidates.
The German becomes only the third foreign coach of the national team after the late Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello, both of whom had varying degrees of success during their tenures.
Shearer’s surprise at who was overlooked ahead of Thomas Tuchel for England
Tuchel has Premier League experience of course and will know a number of the players, however, as we’ve seen so many times in the past, managing England is wholly different to club management.
Danny Mills is another ex-England star who has expressed surprise over Tuchel’s appointent, per Sky Sports on X.
Thomas Tuchel has been announced as the new England manager (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
“It’s happened so quickly, hasn’t it? I mean we said and you said the other day, there’s perhaps a reason why Lee Carsley was ruling himself out because practically that’s what he did,” Shearer said on the Rest is Football podcast.
“[…] I really hope that they have spoken to English managers. I’m told they didn’t speak to Eddie Howe or they didn’t sound him out at all. I’m reliably told, which is a big surprise for me considering he would be the outstanding English candidate.
Gary Lineker also added; “It’s confirmed apparently that they did reach out in the summer to Pep Guardiola. And also I understand that they spoke to Carlo Ancelotti.”
There’s clearly a reason why Howe was overlooked, and perhaps that’s something to do with the fact that Amanda Staveley wants to take him to…
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