‘IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, IF NO ONE ELSE CAN HELP …’
Twenty-four days. It doesn’t sound like much, does it? But Thomas Tuchel has informed his England players that’s how much time they have to work together before next year’s World Cup. Hence, for readers of a certain vintage and fittingly for a tournament across the pond, there will be a strong A-Team vibe to the next 16 months, beginning with Friday’s qualifier against Albania at Wembley. Can Tuchel and his coaching team lock themselves away in a barn and weld together an improvised assault vehicle capable of winning the final, on 19 July 2026, in the space of 24 days? Instead of Templeton Peck and BA Baracus, Tuchel will work alongside Anthony Barry, Nicolas Mayer and Henrique Hilário.
