Why England stars will love ex-Chelsea boss Tuchel amid fan delight

Thomas Tuchel has managed Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain as well as Chelsea. Now the German is the new England National Team boss. Blues fans generally adored their one-time club gaffer, with playing staff also seemingly taking to Tuchel. Will Three Lions supporters take to Tuchel too, or will he drive too hard a bargain for the modern, pampered international? In the meantime, we look at some reactions from journalists and English supporters after the significant and promising appointment.

In addition to that Chelsea-related matter, there is another interesting piece in the media to dissect. Sporting directors of the west London side Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart have been interviewed by The Telegraph about a few CFC happenings. One aspect covered by the pair who appear inseparable was Profit and Sustainability. Long-term contracts were additionally covered in the revealing article. So what did these influential behind the scenes Blues say exactly about the club and owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali?

Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart talk ten-year deals, Profit and Sustainability regulations

Having Cole Palmer for a long, long time is a phenomenal piece of business. He may eventually be at Stamford Bridge until 2033. So, almost another decade. Wow.

Quite how recruitment chiefs at Chelsea managed to convince many recent signings to commit for these unprecedented lengths is unknown. What is known is that the football project on Fulham Road is potentially worthy of their career-long presence.

Winstanley and Stewart have, interestingly, conducted a brief yet telling back and forth with a respected outlet. If you were wondering about the peculiar transfer strategy and why it was such a different approach, read below:

"People always sit and think ‘well that’s what we’ve always done, so that’s what we’ve always got to continue doing’. But without forward thinking and progression, everyone will stand still.

So it’s a clever concept the owners implemented in the beginning and what they believed in. Once we looked at it together in isolation, we were like ‘yeah, you can definitely see how this can work’. And we believe in it.

...with Winstanley adding: “Well, you’re not getting any benefit from a PSR position on it any more and we’ve still continued with it.

So if it was just for PSR, we’d have stopped doing it. That was never at the forefront of the owners’ minds when we spoke to them about how we see it working, how we all see it working as a club.”

Stewart echoed those same sentiments: “It’s because the players, the talent and the value they have over the long term is really important to the clubs. “Really, it is the biggest nod towards the ability to identify talent.

"You’ve got to get that right if you’re going to put players on these long contracts and then it’s your ability to develop players and develop talent, and that’s one of the key things that we talk about internally, is to make our players better, across all of our teams.”"

Will England's rich and prominent Premier League stars buy into hard taskmaster Thomas Tuchel's motivational methods and tactics?

As soon as I heard Tuchel had been appointed England head coach, I initially thought to myself 'we'll finally lift the Euros trophy or even the World Cup again'. Obviously that's a premature notion, although he is a winner and a more than capable elite coach.

"A control freak, the 51-year-old has been described as "charming", an "incredible coach", but also "divisive"."

- Constantin Eckner, German sports writer

Tuchel's been described as 'intense but pure' in his footballing capacity. From what I've seen, that's about right. He can have his teams play attractive and expansive football when he wants to. And the old Blues gaffer can certainly 'win ugly' when required. Therefore, how did national media and the Three Lions support react to this major news?

"Players will find his sessions enjoyable and innovative. Tuchel is a pure coach who loves the smell of the grass. He is demanding and intense in training but he connected with the group at Chelsea. Mateo Kovacic, who has played for Guardiola, marvels at Tuchel’s tactical knowledge. Mason Mount played the best football of his career. As for the media, English journalists loved Tuchel because of his intelligence, humour, insight and openness. Difficult questions are not going to trip him up."

- The Guardian