Alan Shearer believes there could be one special reason the Association has secured the services of Thomas Tuchel before the end of Lee Carsley’s interim spell.
The former England striker is relatively happy with the appointment but is shocked the FA did not approach Eddie Howe. Shearer told : “I’m reliably told they didn’t even sound Eddie Howe out, which I find really surprising - young English coaches that are up and coming may think what’s the pathway? But if Tuchel is the outstanding candidate available then I have no problem with it, as long as they tried other options.”
And Shearer reckons the FA have probably acted quickly to keep the 51-year-old German out of the clutches of clubs, and added: “It happened really quickly - and this is only a guess - but maybe the FA had to move quickly in fear of losing what they thought was the outstanding candidate available.
"A club that isn’t doing well might have come in and got him, like , who are really struggling, and their manager is under pressure.”
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Shearer also thinks Tuchel’s brief is slightly different to the one had. Indeed, he thinks it is a club-style brief, explaining: “Obviously, his remit is one thing, it’s an 18-month contract, he’s here to win the World Cup. That’s it, and the length of contract suggests that. It’s something they haven’t done for almost 60 years and England need a trophy, that’s what he’s been brought in to do.
“I would also guess it’s going to be a different role to the one that Gareth had - he oversaw all of the England teams and was responsible for so many other things too. I would guess Tuchel’s role is to win England the World Cup and that’s it.”
Tuchel becomes England’s third foreign manager and Shearer warned he might be no more successful than the previous two were. Shearer said: “I hope he can go one step further, but there’s no guarantee. We thought that when they brought in Fabio Capello who had a fabulous CV, we thought that when they brought in Sven-Goran Eriksson who also had a fabulous CV.
“Thomas Tuchel has an incredible CV, he’s won trophies wherever he has been, he’s even won the biggest trophies. He’s hugely successful and I really hope he can do that for England, but only time will tell.
“The one difference to the other foreign managers England have had is that he’s had that experience here, he has managed in England before. He’ll be aware of things, and it will be a different pressure to what he’s had before, but he’s managed superstar players at , at Bayern and at and has been successful with them, but the England job is a different pressure.”
Alan Shearer was talking to
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