Thomas Tuchel confirmed as new England football manager

ITV News looks at the career of newly appointed England manager Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel will be become the new permanent manager of the England men's football team.

The Football Association confirmed his appointment on Wednesday morning as the man taking over from Gareth Southgate.Southgate was in charge for eight years, and while he didn’t win a major trophy, he led England to two Euros finals and a World Cup semi-final.

Tuchel won the Champions League with Chelsea in his first season and went on to bring the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup back to Stamford Bridge, before being sacked in 2022 after 20 months in charge.

He joined Bayern Munich last year but quit there in May with another 12 months left on his contract.

Since then he has been out of work although he did flirt with becoming the next Manchester United manager if Erik ten Hag was sacked.

Ultimately those talks during the summer came to nothing and ten Hag extended his contract.

Tuchel becomes the third non English boss to lead the Three Lions after Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.

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