Chelsea coach Hilario set to join England staff as Thomas Tuchel eyes further raids on former club

Hilario is presently a goalkeeping manager nether Enzo Maresca astatine Stamford Bridge, having initially returned to the nine to enactment connected Antonio Conte’s unit successful 2016. 

The Portuguese international, who spent 8 years astatine Chelsea arsenic a player, worked with Tuchel during the Blues’ Champions League triumph successful 2021 and the brace are expected to reunite astatine England. 

Tuchel’s assignment connected an 18-month declaration was confirmed earlier with this week, with the German acceptable to commencement enactment successful January with the purpose of delivering occurrence astatine the 2026 World Cup.

Anthony Barry, the English manager who worked nether Tuchel astatine some Chelsea and Bayern Munich, has already been confirmed arsenic the incoming boss’s caller assistant. 

Chelsea are braced for further raids connected their staff, with reports that Tuchel is besides acceptable to poach show expert James Melbourne.

Speaking astatine his unveiling astatine Wembley connected Wednesday, Tuchel suggested that helium would proceed to enactment with the bulk of Football Association unit already successful place, but confirmed determination would beryllium further additions to his adjacent team. 

“There volition beryllium a fewer much radical successful the backroom unit but we volition support the radical precise tiny due to the fact that I ever privation to admit the imaginable and the prime successful the unit of the FA,” helium said. 

England’s erstwhile goalkeeper coach, Martyn Margetson, followed Gareth Southgate and Steve Holland successful leaving his station earlier this summertime and has since rejoined Wales, wherever helium worked betwixt 2011 and 2016. 

Hilario was initially adjunct goalkeeping manager connected rejoining Chelsea successful the second year, earlier being promoted to the elder relation by Maurizio Sarri. 

However, Ben Roberts was made caput of planetary goalkeeping pursuing Maresca’s accomplishment earlier this summer.

The Italian besides brought goalkeeping manager Michele de Bernardin with him from Leicester, and has erstwhile Argentina goalkeeper Willy Caballero arsenic his adjunct manager.