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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

Tuchel takes aim at silence of the fans and helps answer a Cloughie what-if

Thomas Tuchel gesture on the sidelines at Wembley
Thomas Tuchel, without green jumper. Photograph: Matt Impey/Shutterstock

IT’S OH SO QUIET

Not a lot of people know this, but Brian Clough never managed the England football team. Despite winning two Bigger Cups, two league titles and a few Milk Cups, Clough was overlooked for Big Job, largely because the prevailing blazers were terrified of his unyielding attitude regarding the administration of home truths. Clough as England manager is one of football’s great what-ifs. We’ll never know, no matter how many times it comes up on the Stick to Football podcast, but Thomas Tuchel is starting to give us a glimpse into what it might have been like.

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