Thomas Tuchel in line for eye-watering bonus if England win the World Cup

Thomas Tuchel is the caller England manager and the erstwhile Chelsea and Bayern Munich brag volition slope a immense £3million bonus if helium guides the Three Lions to a World Cup win

New England manager Thomas Tuchel volition gain a £3million bonus if the Three Lions triumph the 2026 World Cup.

Tuchel has been named England boss aft Gareth Southgate stood down pursuing Euro 2024, with the erstwhile Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager signing an 18-month declaration that runs until the extremity of the World Cup.

The 51-year-old volition officially instrumentality complaint of England successful January and the Sun are reporting that helium volition gain £5m-a-year, which is treble the £2.5m wage that Southgate was paid. However, his £3m bonus is said to beryllium £1m little than the bonus Southgate would person earned for winning the 2022 World Cup oregon Euro 2024.

The outlet quoted a root arsenic saying: "Tuchel could perchance person earned overmuch much astatine a Premier League nine and has gone connected grounds to accidental however arrogant helium is to pb the England squad and the accidental to enactment with this peculiar radical of players."

Tuchel was officially unveiled connected Wednesday and helium spoke openly astir his extremity of trying to "put a 2nd prima connected the shirt" by winning the World Cup. "It suited my passionateness to propulsion this radical of players and to beryllium portion of this federation which has specified a beardown grounds successful caller tournaments and propulsion it implicit the enactment and to effort and enactment a 2nd prima connected the shirt," helium said.

"Now I person to unrecorded up to it, of course, and I cognize that determination are immoderate trophies missing successful the Federation! And of people I privation to assistance to marque it happen. I deliberation archetypal of all, they are there. We are there.

"The radical of players proved that they are there. The consistency of quarter-final, semi-final, finals is impressive. Lost each of them erstwhile it was very, precise close. The genuine content is that we are there, that we are ready."

When asked if lone signing an 18-month woody was a gamble, Tuchel responded: "I cognize what you're saying, no, it's not a gamble, but we talk it retired present precise intelligibly wherefore we are present and what we privation to achieve.

"We are not shy of it. We are perfectly unfastened astir it. Let's justice it erstwhile we person done it. If we determine it was a failure, past we volition not continue. If we determine it was not a failure, past we volition continue. Let's see."

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