The FA has just announced that their hunt for a new England men’s senior team manager is at an end.
Thomas Tuchel has been officially confirmed as the new manager, with Anthony Barry announced as his assistant.
The England X account
, externaposted an 11-second video of a white baseball cap with an England badge on the front on a stool at Wembley Stadium.
09:30 – England reveal on X, external: “Thomas Tuchel. Our Three Lions head coach from 2025.
England have updated their X bio to “The Thomas Tuchel era begins in January” and a picture of Tuchel has been put up on the big screen at Wembley.
Thomas Tuchel signed the contract to become the new England manager last Tuesday 8 October 2024. The same day, Manchester United’s executive committee held a much reported meeting.
While United have insisted this was a regular board meeting, no doubt the future of manager Erik ten Hag was discussed. Had they sacked under-pressure Ten Hag, Tuchel was one of the bookies’ favourites to replace him at Old Trafford.
After England’s defeat to Greece on Thursday, Tuchel was favourite with bookmakers for the England job.
‘We are thrilled to hire Tuchel’
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FA CEO Mark Bullingham on the appointment of Tuchel as England manager: “We are thrilled to have hired Thomas Tuchel, one of the best coaches in the world and Anthony Barry who is one of the best English coaches to support him. Our recruitment process has been very thorough.
“Before the Euros we had a contingency plan and outlined exactly the qualities we would be looking for in a coach. Since Gareth [Southgate] resigned, we have worked through the candidate pool, meeting a number of coaches and evaluating them against that criteria.
“Thomas was very impressive and stood out with his vast expertise and his drive. Anthony is a top English talent and also has international experience with Republic of Ireland, Belgium and Portugal.
“Fundamentally we wanted to hire a coaching team to give us the best possible chance of winning a major tournament, and we believe they will do just that. Thomas and the team have a single-minded focus on giving us the best possible chance to win the World Cup in 2026.
“I would like to thank Lee [Carsley] for stepping up and doing everything we asked of him – he is a very talented coach and a major part of our England pathway.”
