Tuchel's England reboot: who made his first squad?

Thomas Tuchel picked some new names, familiar faces and a few surprises in his 26-man Three Lions squad.

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00:00There seems to be quite a lot of surprise in the British media and the English media concerning the squad.

00:04Are you surprised by that reaction?

00:06No, I would be surprised if there was not a surprise in the debate. I think it comes with the job.

00:17Everyone who's with us on this journey in the first camp is a contender for the World Cup.

00:31The World Cup is coming to an end.

00:33But there's still a lot of work to be done.

00:35And that's what we're going to do.

00:45If you handle the pressure to be picked constantly at Arsenal, you can handle the pressure.

00:50It's as easy as that.

00:51He is available three times a week and one of the best teams in Europe.

00:55So he can handle the heat.

00:57I was surprised that Dan was never called up.

01:01He's such a tall guy but obviously it's easy to overlook him.

01:06It almost happened to me.

01:23Why Jordan? I think this is a pretty easy one.

01:26Jordan is first of all a serial winner.

01:28What he brings to every team is his leadership, his character, personality, energy.

01:34He makes sure that everyone lives by the standards.

01:38With this characteristic he embodies everything what we try to build.

01:57I had the strong feeling that we should nominate him.

02:03We should bring him in to push him to stay on that level.

02:07To not fall back in old routines.

02:10In the end it is about building a strong group.

02:14In the end the question is what you bring.

02:16Besides your talent, besides you being a top professional.

02:19Because this is in the end a given.

02:22What you bring to this group to make us better as a team.