{"id":267084,"date":"2025-11-17T02:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267084\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T02:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:57:08","slug":"thomas-tuchel-the-key-questions-facing-england-boss-in-countdown-to-world-cup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/267084\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel: The key questions facing England boss in countdown to World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The accomplished manner in which Rogers has taken to the England stage has given Tuchel a wonderful conundrum, while the searing heat at next summer’s World Cup means he is likely to deploy “starters” and “finishers”, Bellingham and Rogers can do both.<\/p>\n

Rogers has an avid admirer in Tuchel. He has made 10 appearances under him, starting six games and playing for a total of 531 minutes. Bellingham has started four, playing 374 minutes in total.<\/p>\n

Tuchel will not duck big decisions. He will not indulge in star systems or simply pack his team with the biggest names.<\/p>\n

So who will start?<\/p>\n

For all Rogers’ impressive work, Bellingham has proved he can deliver game-changing moments at the highest level, his status also confirmed when Albania’s Kristjan Asllani asked him to swap shirts at half-time rather than risk leaving it until the end.<\/p>\n

Phil Foden will be in Tuchel’s thinking, with the German saying he does not see the Manchester City forward as a winger,<\/a> and instead “as a mix between a nine and a 10”.<\/p>\n

Chelsea’s Cole Palmer also has the ability and class to force his way into the squad if he can recover from his groin injury.<\/p>\n

In reality, however, it looks like a choice between Bellingham and Rogers.<\/p>\n

Bellingham’s greater experience of the rarefied air of major competitions will surely just give him the edge when Tuchel names his team for England’s first World Cup game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The accomplished manner in which Rogers has taken to the England stage has given Tuchel a wonderful conundrum,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-267084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}