Thomas Tuchel says extending England contract was ‘easy one’ for him and FA

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Thomas Tuchel says the decision to extend his England contract was “very straightforward” and that he has not been pining for a quick return to the club game.The German’s future was set to be the subject of constant speculation before and during this summer’s World Cup, but on Thursday he was handed a contract through to the end of the 2028 European Championship on home soil.

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00:00Do you want to be proud of your team?

00:04Yes, I'm very proud and I enjoyed the job.

00:08The main reasons I took the job in the first place were the players.

00:14I wanted to be around this amazing group of players.

00:17I wanted to coach these characters that I already knew from Premier League

00:22and mostly of Premier League.

00:23The second was that the talks and the commitment from the Federation was there from day one.

00:32These two reasons only got stronger through the last year.

00:36We had an excellent qualifying campaign.

00:44Both sides wanted to complete the cycle.

00:47We wanted to commit further to a full cycle of World Cup Enduros.

00:53And if I wanted, I wanted so it was an easy booby.

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