Thomas Tuchel

Harry Kane has won the Ballon d'Or in a year when he lost both a World Cup semi-final and a Champions League semi-final. This article explains why the vote went his way, how unusual that is, and whether he can…

England beat Croatia 7-0 in Rijeka, but a scoreline that big can hide as much as it shows. This piece asks how much of the win belongs to a settled attacking four and how much to a poor opponent, and what that…

England took a first-half lead against the World Cup and European champions at Wembley and then lost 3-2. This article explains exactly how that lead slipped away, and why the same question that followed the…

Jurgen Klopp has taken the job he calls the pinnacle of his coaching career, but his opening words as Germany head coach were a warning, not a welcome speech. This article looks at why he set that condition on…

Pep Guardiola is reportedly being courted by Italy's football federation, and the obvious question in England is whether the FA might try to beat them to it. This piece looks at why that question has already…

Bronze is an odd medal to feel two ways about, and this piece explains why. Bukayo Saka's hat-trick against France answered the only question that mattered on the pitch. A different question, about why he was…

England were five minutes from their first World Cup final since 1966, and then Argentina happened. This covers Anthony Gordon's opener, the two goals that came in the space of seven late minutes, why Thomas…

England are in a World Cup semi-final for the fourth time in their history, and they got there the way they seem determined to do everything at this tournament: badly, anxiously, and then suddenly through Jude…

England reach a World Cup quarter-final and immediately have a defender to worry about, which is a very England way to arrive at the last eight. Marc Guehi's hamstring has turned Saturday's tie with Norway…

England won the game and lost the defender, and now they have to work out which of those two things matters more. FIFA have suspended Jarell Quansah for two World Cup matches, taking him out of the…

England went to the Estadio Azteca, a ground where Mexico had never lost a World Cup match, raced two goals clear inside a first half that Jude Bellingham bent to his will, and then spent an hour finding out…

England's last-16 tie against Mexico had not kicked off yet, and it had already produced its first crisis. This covers the five-and-a-half hours on Friday when FIFA came close to moving the fixture forward six…

England's World Cup last-16 tie against Mexico is being fought before a ball is kicked, on two fronts neither side of the touchline: sleep and oxygen. This covers the BBC's reporting on England's decision to…

England's nervy 2-1 win over DR Congo was not just a football story. It was the most watched moment on the BBC this year. This covers the viewing figures behind Wednesday's round-of-32 tie (a 16.3 million…

For 75 minutes this was going wrong. Then Harry Kane happened, twice. This covers England's 2-1 come-from-behind win over DR Congo in the World Cup round of 32, Brian Cipenga's shock seventh-minute opener, the…

England keep having most of the ball and not enough of the danger, and the problem keeps living in the same place: the wide areas. Alan Shearer has put his finger on it, and this piece works through his…

England arrived at MetLife Stadium already through to the knockout rounds, which on paper should have made this the easiest night of their World Cup. It was nothing of the sort. This covers a sluggish 2-0 win…

A goalless draw with Ghana has reopened every England debate that the win over Croatia had briefly closed. Gary Neville, talking to Sky Sports News, offered a measured read on all of them. This covers his case…

England's second group game at every World Cup since 2021 has produced the same outcome: a draw, a frustrated crowd, and fresh doubts about the side's ability to break down a packed defence. In Boston it was…

England controlled almost everything against Ghana in Boston except the only thing that decides matches. This covers a goalless night where Thomas Tuchel's side had four-fifths of the ball, hit the crossbar…

England's World Cup 2026 campaign began with a nervy but ultimately convincing 4-2 victory over Croatia in Dallas. This piece looks beyond the scoreline to examine what Tuchel's half-time intervention revealed…

England's final official friendly before the 2026 World Cup produced exactly the kind of encouraging signs Thomas Tuchel was looking for, even if the performance had rough edges. This piece looks beyond the…

Thomas Tuchel has spent 15 months trying to rebuild England's relationship with high-stakes football - stripping out fear, instilling freedom. As the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico…

England used 22 players to beat New Zealand 1-0 in Tampa's humidity, and the occasion raised more questions than it answered about Thomas Tuchel's tournament intentions. This piece cuts through the…

Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad announcement is not simply a list of 26 names - it is a philosophical statement about what kind of team England intend to be this summer. In this piece we examine the rationale…

Thomas Tuchel names his England World Cup squad on Friday, and the names missing from the list are as significant as those on it. This piece examines why a manager who has consistently insisted on form over…

With Thomas Tuchel closing in on his World Cup squad, two former England internationals have broken ranks over the continued exclusion of Trent Alexander-Arnold. This piece examines why Rooney and Jagielka are…

Phil Foden's new contract is about more than security for one player. It raises pointed questions about what City are buying into, whether a struggling 25-year-old can recapture the form that made him the…

Chelsea's season has collapsed to the point where Liam Rosenior's departure appears a matter of when, not if. But behind the managerial crisis sits a far more troubling question about what Todd Boehly and…