Thomas Tuchel will attend his first match as England’s head coach on Saturday lunchtime when Tottenham host Newcastle. The 51-year-old German, whose contract started on New Year’s Day, will attend further games across the Premier League weekend alongside his assistant, Anthony Barry.
The match at Spurs will give him the opportunity to see James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Anthony Gordon and Lewis Hall. Tuchel and his support team are then due to visit the training base at St George’s Park for the first time next week.
The complex in Staffordshire will be the main place of work for Tuchel and his team and they plan to hold introductory meetings with relevant members of staff next week.
Tuchel has indicated his eagerness to meet with Lee Carsley, who led England on an interim basis through the Nations League matches in the autumn. Carsley has returned to his role with the under-21s, as has Ashley Cole who supported Carsley with the senior team.
Other members of Tuchel’s support team are also starting work this week. They include the goalkeeping coach Henrique Hilário, who had occupied that position with Chelsea since 2016. Nicolas Mayer, who worked with Tuchel at Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, will be the performance coach and Tuchel is also linking up again with the analyst James Melbourne, having crossed paths at Chelsea.
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Tuchel’s first matches in charge will be the World Cup qualifiers against Albania on 21 March and Latvia on 24 March.
