Fans slam the ‘disgraceful’ headline the Daily Mail came up with for Thomas Tuchel joining England as their new manager.
Thomas Tuchel has been named as England manager on Wednesday, expected to attend news conference at Wembley at 13:30 BST alongside FA chief Mark Bullingham.
He will be third non-British boss of England men’s team, with Lee Carsley, interim manager since Gareth Southgate’s exit in July, and to stay on for final two Nations League matches in November
But already the national newspapers are spouting out nonsense, receiving huge backlash for the stories and headlines they’re coming out with for Tuchel as he’s due to be named new England boss.
On the back-page, they wrote ‘A DARK DAY FOR ENGLAND’, adding ‘Three Lions gamble on a GERMAN… but Tuchel only has 18 months to prove he’s up to it.’
In the comment box, they write: “INTERNATIONAL football should be the best of ours versus the best of theirs. Gareth Southgate might not have been everyone’s cup of tea, but he gave our national team identity and the players — and all of us — a reason to believe.
“He went into tournaments with hope and expectation. He wore the Three Lions on his shirt as a player and brought that force and pride into the Job every day. He went from Euro 96 as a player to semi-finals and finals (two of them) as a manager. He was one of us. Now we have Thomas Tuchel, a German with a questionable managerial background and an FA running around like headless chickens in a panic to get in first before Manchester United.
“Lee Carsley clearly wasn’t the right man, but is this REALLY the best we can do? Has nobody learned from the ‘take-the-money-and-run’ attitude of Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello? And what does this say about the English coaching system? How insulting, ignorant and unforgivably short-sighted. Would Spain or France take this approach?
“We may have made an exception for the mighty Pep Guardiola, but now we have a gun for hire who owes us nothing and win pass through our game with a huge cheque and no connection to the fans or players. This is a dark day for English football. We are the laughing stock of the world game.”
MAIL SPORT: A dark day for England #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/DtiFWbSq0Z
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 15, 2024
As mentioned, fans slam the ‘disgraceful’ headline the Daily Mail came up with for Thomas Tuchel joining England…
@Cantona_Collars: Why is it a dark day? 53% of the blood that blood courses through the veins of King Charles is German. Thomas Tuchel is infinitely more genetically close to the Royal Families than the other 3 foreign English managers:
Eriksson – Swedish
Capello – Italian
McClaren – Dutch
@alexJonesy98: Surely that’s xenophobia and not allowed. I totally get the manager not being English being controversial but why does being specifically German matter?
@cpdaren: Hopefully he wins the World Cup for us and tells them to shove it when they ask him for an interview afterwards.
@swoggleonbass: Absolutely ludicrous to describe us recruiting an elite level coach who has won the champions league as a ‘dark day for England.’ Recruiting Tuchel for an international role is such a massive coup.
@FornalsFluency: If you notice in their comment box as well, they’re slandering SGE, which is NOT something I would’ve recommended given he passed away so recently
@_WildfellHall: The Daily Mail is ludicrous. I can barely believe this is a real back page headline. A bit embarrassed for them actually.
@BenTruman8: the English media are a fucking joke 👏🏼👏🏼
@ChrisSegaFan19: Perhaps a Daily Mail reporter should have put THEMSELVES forward? Or is that more likely to get them kicked out of the Mail nursery; I mean HQ?
@RobertB20097875: Southgate was this & that, then questions Tuchel “questionable record” which includes champions league success… Southgate won 0. Now I’d sooner have gone in a different direction, but your rant is ridiculous to say the least
@leazesender_: What a vile thing to publish. This isn’t 1945 anymore. England have zero elite managers. Eddie Howe is by far the best, but he isn’t elite and isn’t on Tuchel’s level. This xenophobic little englander mentality is horrific.
@OvertheWall92: THE GOOD OLD FUCKING ENGLISH PRESS SUPPORTING THE ENGLAND MANAGER. WANKERS
@Beatlesjimbo: What utter tripe. A dark day? What? Because he’s German? Even for your rag that’s pathetic.
@HaddocksBeard: please name an English coach who is more qualified than this champions league, bundesliga, and ligue 1 winner… I’ll wait.
@TomMcKYid: Absolutely ridiculous headline and story. There isn’t an English manager good enough for this job who could cope with the pressure. Tuchel has won trophies and has experience of dealing with elite level players. Other than Pep, Ancelotti or Klopp there’s no one else I’d prefer.
@AgainstLeague3: Vile stuff this from the Mail.
@Nufcjay1892: The media in this country are one of the main factors as to why weve won fuck all for 60 years! Pathetic.
@J24_CFC: what an embarrassing headline, english media is genuinely disgusting. i can almost guarantee half of his haters will come round after seeing his press conference today as he’ll win u over in 0.5 seconds trust me
Pure xenophobia. In reality, Tuchel is not just a great coach but also a man of strong character.
See his comments here about Ukraine, war and the role of sport in a violent world. Something no Daily Mail writer would understand.
— Hussain 🌴🥥 (@huspsa) October 15, 2024
What year is this? 😳 https://t.co/c1QaFkzaul
— Marc Iles (@MarcIles) October 16, 2024
What absolute bull**** is this?! 20 years on from Sven being appointed, I thought we were better than this xenophobic garbage. Who cares that he is from Germany. Is his CV better than Howe, Potter & Carsley? Yes. Does he want the job? Yes. Now get behind him FFS #ThreeLions 🏴 https://t.co/JKu1Bep8Xy
— George Sessions (@GeorgeSessions) October 16, 2024
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