Thomas Tuchel will attend his first Premier League matches as England manager this weekend, starting with Tottenham against Newcastle on Saturday (12:30 GMT).
Former Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss Tuchel was named Gareth Southgate’s successor in October, with his contract starting on January 1.
Tuchel will be joined by assistant coach Anthony Barry, goalkeeping coach Henrique Hilario, performance coach Nicolas Mayer and analyst James Melbourne in his role.
Ahead of England’s World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley Stadium in March, here are six players Tuchel could be keeping a close eye on at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
James Maddison (Tottenham)
Playmaker Maddison earned his final England cap at the home of Newcastle in June, making a 29-minute substitute appearance in the 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Three Lions friendly final before the Euro 2024.
Maddison, who traveled to the 2022 World Cup injured and was an unused substitute in Qatar after recovering, said “devastated is not enough” after being omitted by Southgate for the tournament in Germany, although he admitted that he had not done so. had the strongest of the 2023/24 seasons with Spurs.
The 28-year-old has avoided the injuries that have troubled him in previous campaigns so far in 2024/25, contributing eight goals and four assists in 19 Premier League matches. However, he has started on the bench in five of Tottenham’s last 10 league matches.
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– Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 19, 2024
Tino Livramento (Newcastle)
Right-back Livramento played for England at youth level before being called up for the first time when caretaker manager Lee Carsley oversaw Nations League matches in October.
The 22-year-old made a memorable debut playing throughout the 5-0 win over the Republic of Ireland at Wembley on November 17 and has featured in all 18 of Newcastle’s league matches this season, starting 14 times.
Livramento had started 10 top-flight matches in a row before missing their 3-0 home win over Aston Villa on December 26 through illness. He returned from the bench at Manchester United four days later and will hope to be back in the starting line-up ahead of Tuchel as the Magpies aim to record a fifth consecutive clean sheet in the league.
Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)
Named player of the tournament in England’s 2023 Under-21 Euro triumph, winger Gordon made his senior debut in March and played one minute at Euro 2024.
Carsley, who was the coach responsible for that Under-21 title, started Gordon in five of his six games in charge, with the 23-year-old scoring his first England goal against the Republic of Ireland.
Gordon has started on all but one occasion when available for Newcastle this season, providing four of his five assists and one of his four goals so far in the campaign in their last five matches. Tottenham may have even more reason to be wary, given their added motivation to impress Tuchel.
Lewis Hall’s first goal for the club! 😍💫
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– Newcastle United (@NUFC) December 29, 2024
Lewis Hall (Newcastle)
Hall and Tuchel know each other well from their time at Chelsea, for whom the German made his debut at the club’s academy aged 17 in an FA Cup tie against Chesterfield in January 2022, making making him the club’s youngest starter in the competition.
“I remember his sessions were really good,” Hall said of Tuchel, speaking to the Football Association in December. “A lot of it was possession-based, which I really enjoyed, and he was a good fit for me and got me my debut. Without it, it probably wouldn’t have given me the confidence to get started.
The left-back made his England debut as a half-time substitute in a 3-0 win in Greece in November and played throughout the defeat to the Republic of Ireland three days later . He has been almost ever-present in the league for Newcastle since the end of September, including two assists in their last four top-flight matches.
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3️⃣ in 3️⃣ for Dom who adds our third at Old Trafford 🎯 pic.twitter.com/f4yd1AGQY8
– Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 29, 2024
Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)
Tottenham’s £65million summer signing from Bournemouth will be hoping not to face another extraordinarily long wait for his next cap, after finally adding to his only international appearance – achieved there more than seven years ago – with two brief substitute appearances in October and November.
England’s Player of the Year in 2014, Solanke is a European Under-17 champion and an Under-20 World Cup winner, but his prolific form for the Cherries was not enough to tempt Southgate to join him. to call.
The 27-year-old has 10 goals and five assists in 25 appearances for Spurs this season, although Maddison, Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins and Ipswich Town top scorer Liam Delap are among the England players to have dominated in the Premier League.
Slot House by Harvey Barnes. 🎰 pic.twitter.com/8sqM142Xd0
– Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 12, 2024
Harvey Barnes (Newcastle)
Winger Barnes was capped by Southgate while with former club Leicester City, coming on as a substitute in a friendly against Wales in October 2020.
After joining Newcastle for around £38million in July 2023, the former Under-20 and Under-21 international missed much of last season with a foot injury, returning with three goals and two assists in his last 10 league matches.
Barnes scored the last of his five goals so far this season in the 4-2 defeat at Brentford on December 7 and has since come on as a substitute in each of Newcastle’s five consecutive wins. The 27-year-old scored for the Foxes against Tuchel’s Chelsea in August 2022.
