{"id":868801,"date":"2026-10-02T23:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/868801\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T23:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T23:56:13","slug":"manchester-citys-england-players-are-worried-about-their-futures-admits-tuchel-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/868801\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City\u2019s England players are worried about their futures, admits Tuchel | England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Tuchel has suggested Manchester City\u2019s England contingent are worried about the club being found guilty<\/a> of breaching the Premier League\u2019s financial rules.<\/p>\n

Tuchel, who said he would be prepared to keep picking City players if they were relegated, revealed the case had been a major topic of conversation in the England<\/a> camp before the Nations League game against Croatia. The head coach said there had been discussions during meals and delivered an honest response after being asked whether the situation had become a distraction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I say now it\u2019s not then I can just speak for myself, which would be totally narrow-minded,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cI think it is a distraction. It is. Let\u2019s say it is a subject. If it\u2019s a distraction, I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is of course a topic and we speak about it at dinner and at a table of eight or 12 people. We speak about it at breakfast. I know the Man City players get a lot of messages and phone calls and feedback about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre they worried or concerned? I think that would be a very human reaction if you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on for the club that you signed. They\u2019re still young. They\u2019re ambitious. They\u2019re told they are totally innocent and don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on. It is a subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am again not sure if it\u2019s a distraction. I don\u2019t see it when I see them in my meetings. I don\u2019t see it how they behave with other teammates, and I don\u2019t see it in training being a distraction. But it\u2019s a topic. How can\u2019t it be?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Football Association blocked a subsequent question to Tuchel on whether the City case represented a danger to English football. City maintain their innocence and on Friday announced an appeal against the verdict.<\/p>\n

For Tuchel, the focus is on his squad. He selected three City players for this camp: Elliot Anderson, Marc Gu\u00e9hi and Nico O\u2019Reilly, who has withdrawn injured. Gu\u00e9hi made a costly error during last weekend\u2019s defeat by Spain<\/a> and Anderson was off colour during the win over Czechia<\/a> last Tuesday but Tuchel believes both are ready to start against Croatia on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

England are second in Group A3 with three points from two games. Jordan Pickford, who remains the No 1, will replace James Trafford in goal and Tuchel must decide whether to restore Jarell Quansah at right-back after Trent Alexander-Arnold shone against Czechia in Prague.<\/p>\n

Alexander-Arnold was an unused substitute when England drew in Rijeka in 2018. His place remains uncertain and Tuchel considered whether it was now or never for the Real Madrid defender, who turns 28 next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe, maybe a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce you are in camp it\u2019s a big opportunity if other players are not here. Trent is a unique player. He is not a runner, he is not someone who runs through the last line, who does overlaps, underlaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thomas Tuchel has said it \u2018may be\u2019 now or never for Trent Alexander-Arnold to win his place in the England team. Photograph: Antonio Broni\u0107\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Tuchel explained that Alexander-Arnold is building a connection with Bukayo Saka. \u201cBukayo is normally used to a lot of movements around him,\u201d he said. \u201cThat brings normally the best out of Bukayo. They need also to find a way to not be too static, to not be too ball-position focused and that we play with dynamic movement. That\u2019s maybe the challenge for Trent: to buy a little bit into a new idea and a bit out of his comfort zone. He\u2019s trying and it\u2019s never too late to prove a point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuchel is happy with Saka\u2019s level. The Arsenal winger struggled with fitness during the World Cup but has been a regular for his club this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a strong start,\u201d Tuchel said. \u201cI could see he was pain-free. He had a bit of a strange ending to last season. He was playing through the pain, he was deciding matches but struggling to have big influence \u2013 and yet then having the biggest influence, by scoring decisive goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe scored decisive goals without being fit and without having the capability to accelerate and decelerate. Now I felt him more involved, and felt he was more dangerous at the start of the season \u2013 and still I think there is some level still to come when he plays for England.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Tuchel has suggested Manchester City\u2019s England contingent are worried about the club being found guilty of breaching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-868801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}