Thomas Tuchel has a new Jude Bellingham problem. This, at least, is a different one. After his misguided comments last summer that his mother found the Real Madrid player’s behaviour “repulsive”, after omitting Bellingham in October, after seeming to prefer Morgan Rogers to him, this may be the right kind of problem.
Tuchel has already faced questions in this World Cup 2026 if England are too reliant on Harry Kane. The evidence of their tournament so far is that they are too dependent on both the captain and Bellingham. They have scored five of England’s six goals. Bellingham has got the two most important, the strike to restore a lead against Croatia and the volley to break the deadlock against Panama. For good measure, he assisted Kane’s third of the World Cup five minutes later.
