Daily Mail columnist Jeff Powell reacts to Thomas Tuchel's appointment as England manager, expressing his usual concerns about foreign managers with a particular disdain for the German.
‘How can a foreigner urge Englishmen to do or die on football’s battlefield?’ the Daily Mail ’s Jeff Powell asks’s permanent successor was revealed on Tuesday, you worried for those who had spontaneously combusted over his interim replacement choosing not to sing-a-long-a God Save the King.as the manager’s job goes to a GERMAN,” read the headline over their comment piece. Admittedly, ‘German’ in all-caps hinted that they weren’t entirely over the moon.
Anthony Barry: The studious tactician whose rapid rise continues as he joins Thomas Tuchel in England dugout‘Sorry I have a German passport’: Thomas Tuchel unveiled as new England manager He knew “the merchants of woke” would call him a “Little Englander”, but, he asked, “how can a foreigner urge Englishmen to do or die on football’s battlefield? Could a Swede, an Italian or a German have roused the troops like King Henry V when he implored his men: ‘On, on unto the breach dear friends or let close the wall up with our English dead.’” .
The Redknapps, meanwhile, were at odds, ‘Arry having the ‘ump because Tuchel isn’t English and “it’s not like he’s been a massive success”, he said of the man who has won the Champions League with Chelsea and league titles in France and Germany. Jamie was happy, though, noting that Tuchel is now “the second most important person in this country, behind the prime minister”, Buckingham Palace rescinding his invite to their next garden party as we speak.
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