People on the street: Thomas Tuchel

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With so much controversy about Thomas Tuchel getting the England job, we’ve gone out onto the streets of Manchester to get both sides of the argument.

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00:00Hi, I'm Theo with Manchester World and today I'm out on the streets of Manchester asking people about England's appointment of Thomas Tuchel.

00:05Now, there's always a lot of controversy around who England appoint. Since his appointment

00:10there's been a lot of drama, particularly around the fact that he was German.

00:13Some people have been bringing up World War Two, which is ancient history, and some people are bringing up the victory in

00:191966, which is slightly more recent ancient history.

00:22Others say that he's a great tactical coach and has all the tools that Southgate didn't have to lead England to victory.

00:28So we want to know the opinion of people on the street.

00:30Oh, definitely not a German. Yes, and it still goes back to the war.

00:34I don't remember there being such an issue when Fabio Capello was our manager, who was an Italian,

00:38who was also one of the Axis powers during World War Two.

00:42So I don't think there's so much of an issue at all.

00:45I'd have waited a bit until the right manager come along. I think Pep, even though he's a Man City manager,

00:49I don't think Pep will be at City, hopefully for the end of the season. Could have went for somebody like Pep,

00:55Simone, there's a lot of other managers. They should not have had a German at the end of the day.

00:58And look at other international clubs. They have managers from

01:02very much rival countries, politically and in the world of football as well.

01:07They're our biggest rivals. It's like Ronaldo going from Manchester to City. It didn't happen for a reason.

01:12There's certain people and places you don't mix, and Germans and Englands, on the football pitch,

01:18OK, we've gone a long way since, on the football pitch, you don't mix Germans and England.

01:22I'm not so much worried. I think it was good for Southgate to leave when he could because,

01:28you know, he did try. He always came this close, but no cigar, you know.

01:32So it's good to have a fresh face and good to see what he shapes up and where the future goes for him.

01:37There are two arguments. One, being that Germany are our nation's biggest footballing rivals, harking all the way back to

01:421966 and even earlier. And the second, that it doesn't really matter. Tuchel's a great coach with a really good history,

01:49a really good background behind him and a good tactical base.

01:53Could it be the man to spur us on to win our first tournament since 1966?

01:57Let us know what you think. Follow Manchester World for more.

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