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Leicester City manager Steve Cooper on the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as England manager: "It was going to be a brilliant job after the work Gareth did and where he took it to. There’s no doubt the FA have appointed a top coach and an assistant with Anthony, It’s a really exciting job for whoever it was going to be. It will be really good to see how they do and hopefully they can carry on the progress of the last few years."

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Leicester City manager Steve Cooper on team news: "Nothing has changed, Jannik Vestergaard has played a couple of games for the national team, he was just about getting fit before the Bournemouth game so he is in a much better place in terms of his fitness and recovery from his ankle injury. We’re still waiting for a few to get back."

On Patson Daka's ankle injury: "He is making progress, it was quite a serious injury and an operation he had to have. He is coming into the final stages of rehab, you won’t see him on the grass, he is very much with the medical team and building his way to being with us. His rehab is on course but it was a serious injury which he needed time to recover from."

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Speaking of British coaches...

Leicester City's Steve Cooper has been talking to the media ahead of their Premier League meeting with Southampton on Saturday.

The worries in England that a talented pool of players will pass by without a major trophy have already come to pass in Belgium, with their 'golden generation' failing to even reach a major final.

Belgium employed initially a homegrown manager in Marc Wilmots, but there were questions about his tactical acumen before he departed after they lost to Wales in the last eight of Euro 2016.

They then turned to a foreign coach in Roberto Martinez, who took Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne et al to to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018.

But after being knocked out in the groups at Qatar 2022, Martinez was sacked and, with a dearth of elite Belgian coaches available, Belgium turned to German-Italian manager Dominico Tedesco (pictured) - who oversaw their disappointing Euro 2024 campaign.

Whether England can avoid similar disappointments under Tuchel remains to be seen.

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The fact that no coach has ever won the World Cup with a team not of their nationality has been well reported in the last few days - but that is not stopping elite international teams from trying.

Of the sides currently in the men's top 10 of the Fifa world rankings, four have foreign managers.

They are: England (a German, Thomas Tuchel), Portugal (a Spaniard, Roberto Martinez - pictured), Belgium (an Italian, Dominico Tedesco) and Colombia (an Argentine, Nestor Lorenzo).

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So, Thomas Tuchel is the new England manager. It has been around 24 hours since his official unveiling at Wembley and it's an appointment some are very much still getting used to.

There is an ongoing debate online surrounding whether the England manager should be English and, in turn, whether there is an overriding problem with the lack of homegrown "elite" coaches in the country.

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Should the England manager be English? Why is there a severe lack of English coaches? Is there a problem with English coaches?

Here's what some of the pundits have had to say.

Former England forward Stan Collymore wrote on X, external: "So English coaches have to pay 10 times more than European compatriots to get the same qualification, and English players don't give SGP an identity because they never get there, they go straight to jobs where their fame gets them inflated salary and deal."

Elsewhere, former England defenders Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have both been speaking to Sky Sports, external to give their thoughts.

Neville said: "There are serious questions for the FA to answer in respect of English coaching. I do think that we are damaging ourselves. Accepting that Thomas Tuchel is better than any of the English candidates but with the likes of Graham Potter and Eddie Howe, I do think there are outstanding candidates that could have been appointed that were English."

Carragher added: "It doesn't feel right to me that we have a foreign coach. It's not just about England. I don't think Italy should, France should, Germany should. England have got a brilliant manager but I think England should have an English manager."

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German outlet Kicker has also reacted to the news of Thomas Tuchel becoming the 13th permanent head coach of England.

"A German! Of course, some fans in England will howl. But with Tuchel, the association has presented a well thought-out solution that will ensure that the big goal of winning the 2026 World Cup does not have to remain just a dream."

Luke, Bradford: Love that from BILD (@ 10.22), exactly how English tabloids would react if it were the other way round.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has said the club will "support" development coach Sam Baldock following the death of his brother George last week: "We feel really sorry for him and the family. Brighton prove all the time when things happen that the club is there for the players and staff members."

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More from Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler, on compatriot Thomas Tuchel being named England manager: "I'm happy for him - I really admire him. He has proved he can build a successful team quite fast. I wish him all the best. He is able to make the players better and he has tactical intelligence. In my opinion, he's a good choice."

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More reaction to Thomas Tuchel's England appointment coming from German outlet Der Spiegel.

"English football is more globalised than German football, the clubs are often in the hands of foreign owners and they employ the best coaches in the industry. Recently, they have rarely come from Great Britain. The only current Premier League coach at a club with European Cup ambitions is Newcastle's Eddie Howe. He is yet to win a major title. And that is exactly what the English FA is all about - end their drought since their World Cup success in 1966. Tuchel can be trusted to do that."

A German in charge of the England national team? Who'd have thought it?

There's been a mixed reaction in the British media with some unhappy that the new head coach doesn't come from these shores but there have been plenty of positive reactions from those who have seen Thomas Tuchel's former sides play.

Here's the reaction to Tuchel's new role in Germany.

German newspaper BILD said: "The motherland of football gets a German dad. Madness! Since 1966 - 1966!!!! - the proud football nation has been waiting for a trophy (and sorry, even the World Cup victory only happened because the referee made a mistake). It will soon be 60 years without a title. In that time, we've won the World Cup three times and the European Championship three times. Oops. The despair on the island must be immense if they realise only a German can help now. What a tribute to Tuchel and German football that the English are jumping over their shadows despite the huge rivalry."

Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on Planet Premier League

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I think for Tuchel, as is the case with probably most managers, big successful ones that we think of, we don't think of them managing two international teams successfully. We tend to think of them as one.

I think it's interesting that a manager of that calibre is making the choice to manage England at this stage of their career, when potentially further down the road, they could have still been an option for Germany.

I can't see, however Tuchel does in this job from this point, I can’t see him managing Germany, which I would have thought for a German manager would be something which you perceive to be a pinnacle.

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