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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Dan Kilpatrick

Thomas Tuchel is on an 18-month, one-tournament England mission, so January start makes no sense

At Thomas Tuchel's unveiling as England's new head coach on Wednesday, the message from the German and the Football Association's chief executive, Mark Bullingham, could not have been clearer. Tuchel, they both emphasised, had been appointed with a mandate to win the 2026 World Cup.

“We are not shy of it, we are absolutely open about it," Tuchel said of his directive to "put a second star on the shirt" in Canada, the USA and Mexico.

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