What a day it's been! Thomas Tuchel is the new head coach of England and he's "very excited and honoured" ahead of starting his role in January 2025. Is it finally coming home?

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If you're just joining our page now you've missed a whole day of fun as Thomas Tuchel was officially announced as England's new head coach. Fear not, I've compiled everything you need to know into two posts. Lucky you!

In his news conference at Wembley early this afternoon, Tuchel said: "I'm very excited and honoured to be here as new head coach of England."

On fans preferring an English coach: "I'm sorry, I just have a German passport!" answers Tuchel with a chuckle. I love to live here. Hopefully, I can convince them, and give everything to this role."

On singing national anthem: "I understood from Mark [Bullingham] it is a personal decision, there were some who sang and others didn't. I have not made my decision yet. Your anthem is very moving."

On building: "We will build on what Gareth [Southgate] built and add a little extra to get it over the line."

For those of you wanting to know the finer details of Thomas Tuchel's role of England head coach, here they are!

• Tuchel and the FA came to an agreement and the contract was signed on 8 October - two days before England's loss to Greece.
• The German has signed an 18-month contract and will begin his new role in January 2025.
• English coach Anthony Barry, who worked with Tuchel at Chelsea and Bayern, will be his assistant.
• The FA says they interviewed 10 candidates, including English managers.

• Tuchel becomes the third non-British person to manage the men's England team.

John Murray
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

John Murray was at Thomas Tuchel's first news conference and has been speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about what he witnessed: "He faced all the difficult questions in that preverbally packed press conference. Whether it was not being English, on whether he was going to sing the anthem or not, the spotlight that he'll be in as the English manager. Why was it only an 18-month contract? Would Harry Kane still be his captain? And was there a possibility of him going to Manchester United over England? And he dealt with it all. He took it all in his stride."

John Murray
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

They have pulled off a bit of a masterstroke really. When they released their statement this morning they said that talks had been going on over the summer.

Mark Bullingham, the CEO, did say that there was an contingency plan in case it was Gareth Southgate's last tournament. They told us they approached Tuchel but he still had to go through the process and was one of ten people who they spoke to. Some of them were English, and they wouldn't go into names.

It wouldn't be an official appointment without a full-blown photo shoot ....

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German football expert Raphael Honigstein joins BBC Sport to discuss the attributes of new England head coach Thomas Tuchel.

Honigstein was speaking on The Football News Show on Tuesday, before Tuchel's appointment was confirmed by the Football Association on Wednesday.

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Here's our recap of the key quotes from Tuchel's first news conference as England manager:

• Tuchel says he is focused on working to "make our dream come true" at the 2026 World Cup following his appointment as England head coach.
• Tuchel said he is "sorry I have a German passport" when asked about becoming only the third non-British permanent head coach of the England men's team.
• The Champions League winner also explained he was initially unsure about making the switch from club to international football but added he is excited to work with a "very special and exciting group of players".
• Tuchel is tasked with guiding England's men to the 2026 World Cup, where they will hope to end a 60-year wait for a major trophy.
• "I understood very quickly that is it is a big job. I think always the job you are in is the biggest job and it makes no sense to compare, but it feels big and feels like a privilege," Tuchel said at a media conference at Wembley on Wednesday afternoon.
• "I think it is pretty obvious I am very emotional. I love what I am doing and am passionate about football.
• "This role just brought the young me alive and brought back my teenage days, to get excited for such a big task.
• "Everyone can be assured we will do it with passion and emotions. We will try to install values and principles and rules as quickly as possible to make the dream come true."

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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Gareth Southgate was the consummate ambassador and diplomat as England manager, displaying a rounded world view, a willingness to speak openly with a wider hinterland stretching far beyond football. It was a quality that served him well when waves spread beyond the pitch.

Thomas Tuchel, in contrast, is a fiery personality known for challenging authority, high maintenance and occasionally outspoken. He does not possess the calm touchline demeanour England grew accustomed to with Southgate. They will now have an explosive presence in the technical area.

He is also well known for not sparing his players, with old footage of Tuchel in a fierce rage, delivering an incendiary training-ground dressing-down to Shawn Parker when he was at Mainz surfacing again recently.

The other side of his personality was witnessed by those who saw Tuchel at Chelsea, where he could be charming, extremely humorous and incredibly astute, as well as acting with great dignity and tact when forced into being the front man for a club in meltdown when owner Roman Abramovich's assets were frozen in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Tuchel was a figure of calm and reason, even insisting he would drive a team bus to Lille himself for a Champions League tie in March 2022 if sanctions meant they were unable to fly.

In his new role, Tuchel will be able to set aside backroom politicking and focus on an area where he is outstanding and proven.

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The German previously managed in England with Chelsea, before returning to his native country to take charge of Bayern Munich.

From Three Lions players he has bought to the person he replaced at the Blues, how well do you know Tuchel's time as a manager?

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Anthony Barry spent 13 years as a midfielder in England's lower tiers, playing for Yeovil Town, Fleetwood Town and Accrington Stanley among others.

After retiring in 2017, he joined Paul Cook's coaching staff at Wigan Athletic aged 30.

He joined Frank Lampard's Chelsea coaching staff in 2020 and started working with Tuchel in 2021 when Lampard was replaced, before linking up with Tuchel again at Bayern in 2023.

"He has the whole package - personality-wise, the love for the game, the love for the job, the passion for it and the quality," Tuchel said of Barry last year.

"His presentations on the training pitch at Chelsea were of the highest level."

Barry specialises in set-pieces, having written a dissertation on throw-ins as part of his pro licence course, which he presented to classmates including Lampard and Michael Carrick. At Bayern he was in charge of all dead-ball situations.

Barry worked under Roberto Martinez with Belgium and Portugal at the 2022 World Cup and 2024 European Championship respectively alongside his club duties.

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Thomas Tuchel will be joined by English assistant Anthony Barry, who he worked with at Chelsea and Bayern Munich, when he officially takes over as England head coach in the new year.

Earlier FA Chief Executive Mark Bullingham said that the FA believes the appointment of Thomas Tuchel gives England "the best possible chance" of winning the World Cup in 2026.

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Christian Falk
Bild journalist

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I heard a few years ago, when [Gareth] Southgate was already criticised, the FA called him to ask him 'if we fire him would you do the job?' He said of course, so it could happen years before, now I think it is a big dream for him to coach your team.