If Rio Ferdinand is right, Reece James’s phone will have been buzzing off the hook for much of Wednesday morning as England’s players chased the low-down on their new manager Thomas Tuchel.
“I know for a fact these players will be sitting there ringing each other,” former England defender Ferdinand explained on his social media channel Rio Reacts. “They’ll be calling all their mates that played under him. ‘What was he like?’. That’s what the conversations will be.”
