Six victories in six matches, England’s solid performance in their qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup has already ensured their participation in the competition organized next summer. But there are still two games to play for Thomas Tuchel’s men who have also recovered Jude Bellingham. On this point, Thomas Tuchel made a clarification.
The Three Lions coach was present this Wednesday at a press conference. When commenting on the Real Madrid player’s return to the national team after missing the last two meetings, Tuchel spoke about his playing system and his way of seeing things. Therefore there is no question for him of upsetting everything. This is what he explained to a journalist who questioned him about the possibility of experimenting new things against Serbia and Abania.
“Do you have the feeling that we have experimented a lot during the last few meetings? (…) I don’t have the impression and it’s not during this match (against Serbia) that we’re going to start doing that. » As for the role he foresees for Jude Bellingham, he was also quite clear: the England international will have to prove that he deserves his place.
Jude Bellingham will have to earn his place
And it is in particular against competition from Morgan Rogers that Bellingham will be benchmarked. “It’s good, he’s back.” He’s like all the others, he deserves to be back. (…) I don’t know if he can play with Morgan Rogers. I suppose so, but not both in the same position, of course. (…) So at the moment, it’s between the two of them. They are friends, so it can also be friendly competition. »
Then Thomas Tuchel hit the nail on the head by concluding:
“Can they play together?” Yes, but in a different organization and for the moment, there is no question of changing organization. » This is what is said.
