Kane and Bellingham Disagree With Tuchel⁠

It has been reported that senior England players and Tuchel exchanged World Cup performance views in the September international break. According to the BBC there was a different view held by the manager and several players.

The England match against Argentina is history now, but it is widely accepted England went too negative and defensive when they held the upper hand. Tuchel believes this was the correct approach as we were playing against Argentina and of course Messi.

Senior players such as Kane and Bellingham voiced their beliefs that England were the superior side and that no such negative change in personnel and tactics was required. It’s hard to argue with this belief against an aging Argentina side and it does of course still feel like a missed opportunity.

This level of openness between Manager and Players can only be a good thing moving forwards, Tuchel and Bellingham appear to have solved any potential personality clash and we can now look forward to the last two Nations Championship games before the Euro 2028 qualifying draw is made in December.