Thomas Tuchel will watch his first Premier League games as England manager this weekend, starting with Tottenham v Newcastle on Saturday (12.30pm GMT).
Former Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain manager Tuchel was named as 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 can watch from up close at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
James Maddison (Tottenham)
Playmaker Maddison won his last England cap at home to Newcastle in June, making a 29-minute substitute appearance in a 3-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Three Lions’ final pre-Euro 2024 friendly.
Maddison, who traveled to the 2022 World Cup injured and was an unused substitute in Qatar after recovering, said “damaged doesn’t cut it enough” after being left out by Southgate for the tournament in Germany, although he admitted he had not enjoyed his strongest 2023/24 season with Spurs.
The 28-year-old has avoided the injuries that plagued him in previous campaigns so far in 2024/25, contributing eight goals and four assists in 19 Premier League appearances. However, he has started from the bench in five of Tottenham’s last 10 league games.
#️⃣1289 @tino_livramento 👏🏴🁧🏢 pic.twitter.com/Nqqf32nVZ4
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 19, 2024
Tino Libramento (Newcastle)
Right-back Libramento played for England at youth level before being called up for the first time when caretaker manager Lee Carsley oversaw the Nations League games in October.
The 22-year-old made a memorable debut playing in the entire 5-0 win over the Republic of Ireland at Wembley on November 17 and has featured in all 18 of Newcastle’s league games this season, starting 14 times.
Libramento had started 10 consecutive top-flight games before missing the 3-0 home win over Aston Villa on December 26 due to illness. He returned from the Manchester United bench four days later and will be hoping to return to the starting line-up ahead of Tuchel as the Kiss aim for a fifth consecutive league clean sheet.
Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)
Named player of the tournament in England’s Euro Under-21 triumph in 2023, winger Gordon made his senior debut in March and played one minute at Euro 2024.
Carsley, who was the manager responsible for that under-21 title, has 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 he has been available for Newcastle this season, providing four of his five assists and one of his four goals so far this season over the last five fixtures. Tottenham may have even more reason to be wary given the added incentive of impressing Tuchel.
Lewis Hall’s first goal for the club! 😍💫
🔙 #MUNNEW pic.twitter.com/aCLGluURk1
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) December 29, 2024
Lewis Hall (Newcastle)
Hall and Tuchel know each other well from their time at Chelsea, for which the German made his debut for the club’s academy as a 17-year-old in an FA Cup clash against Chesterfield in January 2022, making him the youngest ever player of the club. the competition.
“I remember his sessions being really good,” Hall said of Tuchel, speaking to the Football Association in December. “A lot of it was based on possession, which I really liked, and he was a good man for me and gave me my debut. Without it, it probably wouldn’t have given me the confidence to start.”
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 thrashing of 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 games.
Bergvall ➡️ Sarr ➡️ Solanke 🏹
3️⃣ in 3️⃣ for Dom as he adds our third at Old Trafford 🎯 pic.twitter.com/f4yd1AGQY8
— Tottenham (@SpursOfficial) September 29, 2024
Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)
Tottenham’s £65m summer signing from Bournemouth will be hoping he does not face another extremely long wait for his next capital move, having finally added to his solitary international appearance – which came more than seven years ago – with two brief substitute appearances in October and November.
The 2014 England Youth Player of the Year, 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 calls him.
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’s top marksman Liam Delap are among the English players who have outscored him in the Premier League .
Closed House by Harvey Barnes. 🎰 pic.twitter.com/8sqM142Xd0
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 12, 2024
Harvey Barnes (Newcastle)
Winger Barnes joined from Southgate while at former club Leicester City, coming on as a substitute in a friendly against Wales in October 2020.
After joining Newcastle for around £38m in July 2023, the former Under-20 and Under-21 international missed much of last season with a leg injury, returning with three goals and two assists in the last 10 league games.
Barnes scored the last of his five goals so far this season in the 4-2 defeat at Brentford on December 7 and has featured as a substitute in each of Newcastle’s five consecutive wins since then. The 27-year-old scored for the Foxes against Tuchel’s Chelsea in August 2022.
