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Tuchel performs down Maguire’s World Cup hopes

Tuchel performs down Maguire’s World Cup hopes


Thomas Tuchel has revealed Harry Maguire would solely be his fifth-choice centre-back in a serious blow to the England defender’s hopes of going to the World Cup.

Tuchel handed Maguire his first England begin for 18 months in Friday’s 1-1 pleasant draw in opposition to Uruguay.

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In his first look beneath Tuchel, the Manchester United star delivered a stable show at Wembley.

Maguire has appeared in three main tournaments with England and has 65 caps.

However whereas the German acknowledged Maguire’s capacity, he hinted the 33-year-old was behind Ezri Konsa, Marc Guehi, John Stones and Trevoh Chalobah in his pecking order.

“I received precisely what I believed, stable, stable central defender play. That is what he does. Superb on the ball, very calm, sturdy within the air and is the weapon for set-pieces,” Tuchel mentioned.

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“I have not modified my thoughts however I see different gamers I like to start out for us, I see different gamers forward with a special profile.

“I see Ezri Konsa forward, I see Marc Guehi forward. It is no secret. I see Trevor Chalobah on the extent of mobility was barely forward of him.

“Additionally John Stones, however he had accidents, so he wanted to come back to camp.

“I wanted to fulfill him in particular person to see how he acts inside the group. It is going to be fascinating now to see how he acts inside the group. He’ll stick with us.”

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Maguire has just one extra recreation to stake his World Cup declare, with England internet hosting Japan in one other pleasant at Wembley on Tuesday.

The Three Lions is not going to play once more till a pair of World Cup warm-ups in June after Tuchel has named his 26-man squad for the match in america, Mexico and Canada.

Requested whether or not Maguire could be within the squad if it needed to be named now, Tuchel mentioned: “If, if, if. We need not identify the squad tomorrow. He did a great recreation.

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“He did what he does for Man United. He did it immediately. I am very proud of him. To be sincere, I have not modified my thoughts. I received the whole lot I anticipated from him.”

Stones was not concerned in opposition to Uruguay after struggling a calf drawback in coaching.

The Manchester Metropolis defender has performed simply 5 occasions for his membership for the reason that November worldwide break and is struggling to get a constant run of video games.

Regardless of that, Tuchel says he has “credit score within the financial institution” and described him as “world class”.

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