Trent Alexander-Arnold discovers how Thomas Tuchel will get best out of him for England

Opportunity calls for Trent Alexander-Arnold pursuing Thomas Tuchel’s England arrival, with the 26-year-old anxious to yet found himself connected the planetary signifier having impressed with Liverpool

Glen Johnson is convinced Thomas Tuchel volition get the champion retired of Trent Alexander-Arnold successful an England shirt.

Opportunity calls for the Liverpool ace pursuing Tuchel’s England arrival, with the 26-year-old anxious to yet found himself connected the planetary signifier aft struggling to stamp his people successful Gareth Southgate ’s side.

Having won everything determination is to triumph astatine his boyhood club, Alexander-Arnold reaffirmed his ambitions of idiosyncratic glory past week, revealing dreams of becoming the archetypal right-back to triumph the Ballon d’Or.

And fixed idiosyncratic awards often spell hand-in-hand with planetary success, Johnson - a predecessor to Alexander-Arnold astatine right-back for Liverpool - believes the TAA volition beryllium astatine the bosom of immoderate glory enjoyed by Tuchel’s new-look Three Lions.

Johnson, 40, said: “The large players play successful aggregate positions and he's going to beryllium a manager's dream.

“As agelong arsenic Tuchel tin get the champion retired of him, past of course, he's going to play a large role.

“When you spell distant astatine tournaments, you're ever going to get a definite magnitude of injuries, truthful erstwhile players are susceptible of playing successful 2 oregon 3 antithetic positions, that's what you request successful tourney football.

“I’ve not met Tuchel personally, but helium seems similar a large lad. I deliberation the lads volition truly bask it, and if you've got bully players that are happy, past they're going to perform.”

Johnson was speaking astatine the motorboat of the FA’s four-year grassroots strategy, which volition strive to code immoderate of the astir pressing challenges concerning the English grassroots game.

Projections expect a further 220,000 caller players volition beryllium progressive successful grassroots shot crossed 15,000 caller teams by 2028 arsenic the FA looks to present adjacent opportunities for everyone to play, portion besides investing successful caller facilities and tackling mediocre behaviours.

Grassroots shot acts arsenic the starting constituent for each footballers, with England’s planetary occurrence greatly reliant connected a thriving grassroots scene.

Johnson, who was capped 54 times by England betwixt 2003 and 2014, is anxious for his federation to yet bask large glory and is peculiarly buoyed by Tuchel’s superb resume arsenic a tourney manager, which includes a celebrated Champions League rubric with Chelsea from the 2020/21 campaign.

While immoderate person questioned the determination to prosecute a non-English manager, Johnson is insistent that Tuchel is the close antheral for the occupation careless of his heritage.

“Obviously he's a fantastic manager, helium gets the passionateness of the English, the federation and evidently the fans, and fixed what he's done astatine nine level, I deliberation the lads are gonna truly emotion moving for him,” Johnson added.

“We've got a large team, we've been competitory successful the past fewer tournaments, truthful hopefully Tuchel is the antheral that tin get america implicit that adjacent measurement wherever we've got to bushed a due squad successful the second stages.

“He’s been astir the large games successful presumption of the Champions League, he's dealt with large players, played against large players. He's going to beryllium capable to woody with our dressing country comparatively straightforward and helium knows however to bushed large teams.

“I deliberation we're susceptible of beating anyone. If you've got a manager that is similar that, past it tin lone beryllium positive.”

The Football Association has launched a caller landmark strategy to turn and make grassroots shot successful England, titled ‘A Thriving Grassroots Game’. The four-year grassroots strategy is aimed astatine supporting sustainable maturation implicit the adjacent 4 years, with projections anticipating a further 220,000 caller players crossed 15,000 caller teams by 2028. For much accusation spell to www.TheFA.com