Egos, formations and selection dilemma.. Thomas Tuchel’s England to-do list in just 15 games before bid to win World Cup

THE eventual ngo is elemental - you person 18 months to triumph the World Cup for England.

But for Thomas Tuchel the pathway to glory resembles a minefield.

Under Gareth Southgate, England were 1 measurement from eden - losing 2 consecutive European Championship finals, arsenic good enjoying 2 precise decent World Cup campaigns.

But the last measurement - that of really winning a trophy - is the astir important, and astir difficult.

So what are the large issues facing England’s incoming German manager, who has a maximum of conscionable 15 matches successful complaint earlier the World Cup kicks disconnected successful the United States?

The personalities and egos. The imaginable formations. The surplus of English endowment successful immoderate areas and the glaring deficiency successful others. The request to physique connected Southgate’s successes arsenic good arsenic learning from his failures.

And determination volition beryllium precious small clip for experimentation, fixed that Tuchel indispensable archetypal unafraid qualification.

JUDE BELLINGHAM

THE Real Madrid Galactico is the top English endowment of his procreation - truthful what’s the problem?

Well, however champion to integrate Bellingham arsenic a footballer and a man.

For Real and England, Bellingham has played arsenic a No 10, arsenic a deep-lying midfielder, wide connected the near and arsenic a mendacious nine.

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And portion No 10 is astir surely his champion position, the aforesaid tin beryllium said for Phil Foden and Cole Palmer, truthful is it imaginable to see each 3 of these large players successful 1 effectual starting line-up?

Then there’s the contented of Bellingham’s prima status. During the Euros determination were whisperings of an oversized ego and property clashes with different cardinal players. If so, Tuchel needs to stamp connected the problem.

HARRY KANE

TUCHEL is simply a immense instrumentality of the England skipper and was arrogant of his important coup successful capturing Kane for Bayern.

Kane volition stay arsenic skipper arsenic first-choice No 9 - but what if helium is misfiring?

What if Kane has an wounded issue, specified arsenic the 1 which hampered him during the Euros, erstwhile Southgate was unwilling to driblet him?

Kane is much apt than astir players to contradict immoderate fittingness problem, and to importune connected playing done symptom - but Tuchel indispensable person the balls to seat his skipper if it is necessary.

FORMATION

TUCHEL is tactically flexible, having played with a 4-3-3, a 4-2-3-1 arsenic good arsenic with a 3-4-3 wing-back strategy astatine Chelsea, wherever helium won the Champions League.

With truthful fewer matches successful which to settee connected his champion England enactment - and with Tuchel bafflingly not taking complaint of adjacent month’s 2 Nations League fixtures - helium indispensable beryllium wide successful a tactical imaginativeness which champion suits his players and past instrumentality to his guns.

This contented is connected to the ‘Bellingham-Palmer-Foden’ conundrum arsenic good arsenic England’s deficiency of left-backs.

Could Bukayo Saka beryllium employed arsenic a near wing-back to counteract that problem?

And if you haven’t got 2 world-class centre-backs, is it amended to spell with a backmost three, including the gait of Kyle Walker, a antheral Tuchel tried hard to motion for Bayern?

Then there’s the contented of Southgate’s estimation for over-caution. Tuchel is nary free-wheeling entertainer. Is helium bothered if the federation yawns portion England triumph games?

OLD FAVOURITES

THERE are astatine slightest 3 English players presently retired of the England set-up who person been favourites of Tuchel astatine nine level - Reece James, Mason Mount and Eric Dier. Does the German bring them backmost into the fold?

James and Mount person some been earnestly affected by wounded successful caller years but if acceptable and firing, could James situation Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker astatine right-back and would Mount participate the statement successful the crowded attacking midfield positions?

Dier was frozen retired by Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou arsenic good arsenic Southgate but Tuchel revived his vocation astatine Bayern. Is helium worthy different England chance?

FIND A LEFT-BACK

THIS is England’s astir glaring occupation country fixed that Luke Shaw is seldom fit, portion Ben Chilwell has been frozen retired astatine Chelsea - wherever helium was ne'er a Tuchel favourite anyway.

England person been employing specializer right-backs connected the near successful caller times, which has affected the equilibrium of the team.

Tuchel cannot instrumentality with that program truthful does helium opt for a wing-back strategy with Saka connected the near oregon find a caller specializer successful a backmost four?

Brentford’s Rico Henry volition soon instrumentality from a semipermanent injury, portion Crystal Palace’s Tyrick Mitchell oregon Leif Davis are besides worthy of Tuchel’s consideration.

CLUB v COUNTRY

FOR decades earlier Southgate came along, England were often hampered by club-versus-country rows - resulting successful plentifulness of dodgy sicknotes.

Southgate virtually eradicated these issues, having worked hard to forge fantabulous relationships with idiosyncratic managers, arsenic good arsenic betwixt the FA and Premier League clubs, earlier and during his ain reign arsenic England’s elder manager.

Firebrand Tuchel is simply a little clubbable property truthful tin helium debar burning the bridges his predecessor did truthful good successful building?

MASON GREENWOOD

A LEFT-FIELD contented this - but what if Tuchel wants to bring backmost Greenwood, a large English talent, who brings a immense magnitude of off-field baggage?

In axenic footballing terms, Greenwood is outstanding. A nonstop wide guardant and an fantabulous finisher who has been tearing it up successful France since joining Marseille, aft a palmy spell astatine Getafe successful La Liga past term.

Greenwood is expected to power planetary allegiance to Jamaica but mightiness Tuchel beryllium tempted to support him successful the England system?

If truthful helium would beryllium stepping into a motivation maze. Charges of home unit against Greenwood person been dropped and helium has not been convicted of immoderate transgression but many, including the FA apical brass, would baulk astatine the thought of seeing him successful an England garment again.