Gary Lineker in stitches over Germany's response to Thomas Tuchel taking England job

Gary Lineker spoke to German shot adept Raphael Honigstein connected The Rest Is Football podcast astir the nation's absorption to Thomas Tuchel landing the England job

Gary Lineker was near howling astatine Germany's absorption to Thomas Tuchel being announced arsenic the caller England manager.

The BBC pundit was joined by German writer Raphael Honigstein connected Thursday's variation of The Rest Is Football, with the 2 chatting astir Tuchel's assignment and however they deliberation helium volition win successful starring England. Always curious, Lineker was besides keen connected knowing however Germany arsenic a federation has reacted to the assignment of Tuchel, fixed the long-standing rivalry betwixt the 2 countries dating backmost to England's 1966 World Cup win.

Lineker asked: "Rafa, successful Germany, what are they saying? A German manager managing England - what are they saying? I'll beryllium fascinated to know," to which, the writer responded: "Well truthful acold I haven't truly seen immoderate large deliberation pieces oregon large opinions, I deliberation it's conscionable precise substance of information - 'Hooray there's different German manager successful a apical position'.

"That reflects good connected German football, it reflects good connected German coaching. It's England and Wembley for places which is truly seen arsenic thing which is ineffable and a hallowed turf and truthful on. And I deliberation people, by large, are conscionable benignant of arrogant that determination is simply a German astatine the helm of this storied shot nation. I deliberation that is the grounds of opinion.

"When it goes towards tournaments - and deity forbid we play each different successful the knockouts, it goes to penalties - I don't cognize what's going to happen." Lineker past nodded towards an England vs Germany last being written successful the stars successful the adjacent future, earlier laughing: "And successful the end, the German ever wins - not the Germans."

Honigstein besides added that he's unsure if sentiment volition alteration connected Tuchel landing the occupation successful the adjacent future, citing however there's present nary dislike towards England arsenic a footballing nation. He continued: "My champion hunch is that it wont for 2 reasons. One, arsenic I said, I deliberation radical deliberation it's chill arsenic a German manager coaching England.

"And second, determination is nary existent dislike towards England arsenic a shot nation. If anything, I deliberation it's benignant of a mild, affirmative attitude. We look up to England, we similar English football, we sometimes marque amusive of them erstwhile they don't triumph - which happens not truthful often immoderate more, they triumph a small excessively overmuch for my taste.

"It's overmuch much good-natured I would accidental from our position - past there's much benignant of existent animosity for illustration that we person with the Italians and the Dutch. England is simply a overmuch milder rivalry, and of course, it's besides easier to person bully relations with a federation that doesn't triumph anything. So that's helped successful the past sixty-odd years."

Linker was heard laughing astatine Honigstein's finalising connection earlier helium added: "Well let's anticipation that a German tin alteration that." England's archetypal and lone large tourney triumph came successful the signifier of a 4-2 triumph implicit West Germany successful the 1966 World Cup last astatine the aged Wembley Stadium.

Helmut Haller opened the scoring for the Germans successful the 12th infinitesimal of the crippled earlier Geoff Hurst equalised six minutes later. Martin Peters enactment the Three Lions up with 78 minutes played with a volley astatine the backmost post, but Wolfgang Weber took it to other clip with a last-minute tap-in astatine the backmost station from a free-kick.

Hurst clinched the World Cup for his federation successful other clip however, completing his hat-trick to wrapper up a celebrated 4-2 victory.

Fans of English shot volition beryllium hoping for akin occurrence nether 51-year-old Tuchel, who was named arsenic Gareth Southgate's successor connected Wednesday. Tuchel has a wealthiness of acquisition down him astatine nine level, guiding Borussia Dortmund to a DFB Pokal successful 2017, Paris Saint-Germain to 2 Ligue Un titles and 2 Trophees des Champions a-piece, arsenic good arsenic a Coupe de France and a Coupe de la Ligue each.

Tuchel lifted a Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and a Club World Cup with Chelsea successful 2021, and astir precocious took Bayern Munich to a Bundesliga rubric successful the 2022/23 campaign. It volition surely beryllium absorbing to spot if the German mastermind tin nudge England implicit the enactment to triumph their archetypal large tourney successful 60 years erstwhile they play astatine the 2026 World Cup successful North America.

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