{"id":331961,"date":"2026-03-10T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/331961\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:46:09","slug":"thomas-tuchel-leads-tributes-to-kyle-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/331961\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel leads tributes to Kyle Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n The England head coach has spoken following the defender’s decision to finish his international career \n <\/p>\n

England head coach Thomas Tuchel has congratulated Kyle Walker on his international career with the Three Lions, following the defender’s announcement that he’s stepping back from international football.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 35 year old announced his international retirement after an incredible 96 caps with the Three Lions and appearing at five major tournaments over almost 15 years.<\/p>\n

And Tuchel has led the tributes to Walker following his dedication and performances with England over that time.<\/p>\n

“I know all England fans will join me in congratulating Kyle on an incredible international career,” said Tuchel. <\/p>\n

“Although I only worked with him for a short period of time, I was always aware that he was one of England\u2019s greats who fully embraced the highest honour of representing his country.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn international career spanning 14 years and five major tournament is testament to Kyle\u2019s dedication. <\/p>\n

“He can look back on his time with the Three Lions with great pride.\u201d<\/p>\n

We’ll have more reaction to Walker’s announcement over the course of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The England head coach has spoken following the defender’s decision to finish his international career England head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[163581,85,163573,46,163572,105,146824,121972,51554],"class_list":["post-331961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-england-mens-national-football-team","tag-il","tag-international-retirement","tag-israel","tag-kyle-walker","tag-sports","tag-thomas-tuchel","tag-three-lions","tag-tributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}