Andros Townsend
Antalyaspor midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily

I think his biggest test is, he needs to make some uncomfortable decisions.

Fortunately we're in a situation where we've got so many good players to choose from that 11 just isn't enough. Maybe in the past we've squeezed players into positions they aren't comfortable in just to get them on the pitch but I think he has to make the uncomfortable decision of sticking to his principles if that's a three at the back or four at the back and fitting the players in to fit the way he wants to play rather than changing his philosophy.

He's got to lay down the marker straight away. He's a big name and a proven winner so the players are going to listen to him. If he has to drop a Phil Foden, Phil Foden is going to have sit on the bench and that's the way it's going to be.

These players can see the bigger picture as well which is what they all want to do and that's to win the World Cup.

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

England may have a German coach in Thomas Tuchel but they have a home-grown assistant in Anthony Barry.

It's amazing to think Barry only began his coaching journey with Wigan in 2017, and then it nearly didn't happen.

Apparently, there was some resistance at the Latics when manager Paul Cook said he wanted to bring in another coach following his arrival from Portsmouth, not least because Barry had no coaching experience.

But Cook was insistent and Wigan eventually relented.

Wigan sources say it was evident almost immediately that Barry was an outstanding coach and Cook had made a wise choice.

Barry subsequently moved to Chelsea, which is where he ended up working with Tuchel.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On compatriot Thomas Tuchel being named the new England head coach, Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler said: "Tuchel has skills to build a successful team in a short time. He is tactically clever."

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler says defender Jan Paul van Hecke is available for the trip to Newcastle after recovering from injury. Simon Adingra and Georginio Rutter are also available.

Adam Webster is out along with longer-term absentees Joao Pedro and Matt O'Riley.

BBC 5 Live Breakfast

Football writer Henry Winter spoke to BBC 5 Live Breakfast's Rachel Burden and Chris Warburton on how Thomas Tuchel will utilise the England squad: "3-4-3 he plays a lot, but he's also played a back four and he will look at the England players and work out the best system. But also we've seen, particularly, when he was at PSG when he had [Kylian] Mbappe and Neymar, big players like that, he's not afraid to leave big names out.

"So if a player is underperforming or he feels he can't get all the number 10s in, he will make the right tactical decisions. So, we've got a coach who will go for balance."

BBC 5 Live Breakfast

Football writer Henry Winter spoke to BBC 5 Live Breakfast's Rachel Burden and Chris Warburton on the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as England manager: "I think it's a great appointment but you can admire and appreciate Tuchel coming in, the games are about starters and winners now. It's something that started in Rugby, on the pitch and [Gareth] Southgate's taken it on in terms of football, the team that starts but also you need finishers.

"We've moved on a stage, it's in the dugouts, Southgate has got a momentum going with England but you just need a finisher, a tactically smarter individual, you know a winner, a tactician like Tuchel to get England over the line, he can do that."

Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on Planet Premier League

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I don't think Thomas Tuchel will care one bit what anybody says, whether it's going to be on this podcast, whether it's going to be, you know, one of the super pundits of English football saying how he needs to change this and change that and I think that that could be quite refreshing.

Hopefully, it ends up being successful but I think that side of things, I'm sure that for as much as the process has been quite indifferent from the FA, I don't think that should surprise them.

So as a consequence, I think going to be interesting for everyone else to come to terms with it, because when I hear people like yourself and others discuss it, yeah Tuchel does have a lot to say and doesn't really care what you think about it either.

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Thomas Hitzlsperger
Former Aston Villa midfielder on Planet Premier League

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Thomas Tuchel, he's another manager who's never had a career as a player, and I'd say about ten years ago, football in Germany’s changed because more of these guys who didn't have a big career got into big coaching jobs.

Julian Nagelsmann, Thomas Tuchel are probably the most prominent ones. Domenico Tedesco is another one who is now the national team manager of Belgium. And the way they analyse football, the way they talk about it is very different and you can imagine how sceptical the German audience was listening to these guys, and they have managed to overcome that resistance to go to the very top. And I think it's similar in this country.

Ideally, you have a former professional England player like Gareth Southgate or, you know, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, all these guys who have done tremendous good jobs as players and then representing your country, but that’s not the case.

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As well as discussion of the new England manager, we will also be looking ahead to the return of Premier League action this weekend following the international break.

We have several media conferences today, here's when we expect to hear from the managers (all times BST)...

09:00: Brighton manager Fabien Hurzeler

10:00: Leicester manager Steve Cooper

13:00: Southampton boss Russell Martin and West Ham coach Julen Lopetegui

13:45: Everton manager Sean Dyche

15:00: Brentford manager Thomas Frank

Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

The job advert published in July said the FA wanted someone with "significant experience of English football, with a strong track record delivering results in the Premier League and/or leading international competitions".

That appeared to leave the door open for Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, former Brighton and Chelsea head coach Graham Potter and U21 European Championship-winning boss Lee Carsley. But with the FA always making clear it was open to appointing a foreign manager, the feeling was a big international name was the preferred option.

The reality is there are only three English head coaches in the Premier League, plus out-of-work Potter. The homegrown choices were limited.

Questions have been asked of what Thomas Tuchel's appointment means for the St George's Park pathway of developing young British coaches, and whether there is a shortage of elite managers.

Mark Bullingham put it simply: "We wanted to get the very best for the job".

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Gary Lineker
Ex-England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily

We're starting to see some really talented young English coaches - Eddie Howe at Newcastle, Graham Potter, Russell Martin. These are coaches now that are actually trying to play out from the back and are more tactically aware. At the moment, they didn't seem fit to go for an English coach.

I think Lee Carsley would have fit the bill perfectly. We've seen in the last two major tournaments, they have been won by two coaches that have not really coached teams from the league - they have come through the system.

I think we have got the coaches but they haven't quite built the trust in them enough for the FA to go "we want someone that has won trophies," even though the last two major tournaments were won by coaches that had never won trophies for clubs.

I would have [chosen Lee Carsley]. He won the Under-21 World Cup with a lot of these players without even conceding a goal so he is no question an imaginative coach.

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John Murray
BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent on Football Daily

I don't mean this to be disrespectful to Lee Carsley but we were in the same auditorium at Wembley as we had been last Thursday night in the immediate aftermath to the defeat to Greece. He really struggled in that room with the questions he had to answer.

While he struggled, Thomas Tuchel came in and of course you're never going to see anyone feel better or look better than they do on a day like this when they get a job like this, so he was full of swagger.

All the questions came his way - he had them all, he faced them all and I thought he came up with pretty good answers to just about everyone.

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I can't believe you'd forget Ron Greenwood in the great pantheon of 'England managers with comb-overs', Martin.

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Rob Green
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily

He’s really well liked within the players in the dressing room and by the coaching staff as well. Speaking to the guys at Chelsea and they said he’s up there with the best, of however many they’d had at Chelsea at the time, up there with Mourinho for man management and he invited the whole backroom staff to his house in London, he listened to everyone’s opinion. They sat down had a drink, he played some records.

In tournament football, you’ve got to get everybody on side to keep that feel good factor going over six weeks, two months by the end of it – so I think that’s a critical part of it and he is a charismatic guy, he has got that about him.

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Andros Townsend
Antalyaspor midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily

In a way it probably puts more pressure on this one tournament, knowing it’s the only one you’re contracted for. You could get a horrendous draw, face France in the last 16 and go out. Even though you’re building something well, all of a sudden the fans turn on you, the media who don’t need a second invitation to turn on you. I think it puts a lot of pressure on this next World Cup.

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Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily

I think in the grand scheme of things, it’s a really good appointment. When you look at where England are, how long it is since we’ve won a trophy – we’ve got a guy in who wins trophies and was used to handling big name players and has a proven track record and at this moment in time he was probably the best guy that was available.

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This will be a running theme in the wake of Tuchel's appointment and expect Premier League bosses to be asked for their thoughts in today's news conferences.

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham was asked about whether hiring German coach Tuchel as the national team boss reflects badly on the number of elite English coaches around.

“Our pathway is really strong, both from a coaches and players’ point of view,” Bullingham said.

“There are a lot of fantastic young coaches around and obviously (Tuchel’s assistant) Anthony (Barry) is one of those.

“I think any federation in the world that is looking to hire a senior manager, clearly you would love to have five to 10 domestic candidates who are coaching clubs in your domestic league, challenging and winning honours in your domestic league and European football. We are not quite in that place at the moment.

“In the background, we have got to keep helping our young coaches to get the best opportunities they can and to get them good opportunities at clubs. We would love to have more English coaches managing in the Premier League, for example. I think there is a balance there.”