Thomas Tuchel says that he will sing the national anthem as an English manager – but only after earning the right to do this by winning competitions.
The German announced the first team of his term of office on Friday, with a shock reminder for Jordan Henderson and another for Marcus Rashford prior to World Cup qualifications against Albania and Latvia.
The former Chelsea boss seemed aware of the furore about the national anthem that threatened to overshadow the temporary enchantment of Lee Carsley.
“You have a very powerful, emotional and meaningful national anthem,” Tuchel said. 'And I could not be more proud to be on the sidelines and to be in charge of the English national team.
“It means everything. It means a lot to me, I can assure you. But I feel because it is so useful and it is so emotional and it is so powerful that I have to earn my right to sing it. I feel that it is not just a given. You can't just sing it. That's why I decided that I wouldn't sing it in my first games. '
Tuchel suggested that playing God's rescuing the king during his 18 -month rule dependent that he completely immersed himself in the English game.
The 51-year-old added: “I will earn it with results, with building a group, doing my work well and by creating a feeling where even you can say at some point:” Now it's time to sing it, it feels like you've earned it well and you are now a real English man “.
“Maybe I have to dive more into culture and earn my right from you, from the players, from the supporters, so everyone feels like:” He should now sing it, he is one of us, he is the English manager, he should sing it. “
Tuchel says that he runs a 60-day 'emergency course' in six camps to change England from the almost men from big tournaments to world champions. And he defended his record of not attending Premier League matches on every weekend since he officially started working in January, and insisted that no other international coach sees more live games than he was.
The customized wide tactical software from the FA, Helix, is available for all coaches and Tuchel has made full use of it at home in London and on travel back to Germany.
“I had been out of 25 weeks for the past nine weeks,” he said. 'On the Premier League weekends if I don't go, I watch at least five games live on a wide-angle screen.
'I look more when you don't see me than when you see me in the stadium, because when I go to the stadium on a Saturday, I will not see the game before and I will not see the game afterwards.
'I think I have done more live competitions than anyone else. Everyone tells me it is easier not to view it live in the stadium. It gives you the chance to watch tactically, to watch three games a day.
'Our style must reflect the Premier League, it is a very physical and direct competition. We should be brave enough to play as an English team, not copy other countries. It should reflect the values of the country and the strongest competition in the world. We will try to implement a direct, attacking style to increase our rhythm and intensity in our game and to do it from Monday from a crash course. '
Tuchel has partially called Henderson for his leadership qualities while he goes back to the changes of Carsley.
Rashford is in the team as a reward for improving the ball at Aston Villa, and Tuchel admitted that he 'wanted him in the neighborhood', so he did not fall 'back in old routines' something that he was on was performance-related instead of something outside the field.
Jack Grealisk was not picked after playing just 34 minutes of competition since Christmas. “I love Jack,” said Tuchel. “Is he a player who can have an impact in our team? Yes, 100 percent. But lately he has no rhythm. He said to me: “I am not a start-stop player. It is so difficult for me to influence a match from the bank and then stand on the couch again. “
'Of course it is not ideal that he is in the newspapers and there in public. But it may not be just his fault.
“This can happen. It is not ideal, we want it to be calmer. But this was not the reason not to choose him. '
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