CGTN Sports Scene | Let's get that second star - Tuchel targets 2026 World Cup glory after landing England top job @cgtnsportsscene | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Thomas Tuchel was officially unveiled as the England manager on Wednesday and will take on the challenge of ending the national team's long wait for a trophy - 68 years and counting.

The 51 year-old German, who has previously managed Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich, will begin his tenure in January, with his first goal qualification for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Tuchel has won league and cup titles in France and Germany and lifted the Champions League trophy in 2021 while at Chelsea.

He becomes England's third foreign coach, after the late Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.

He succeeds one of England's most successful coaches, Gareth Southgate, who led the country to back-to-back European Championship finals and a World Cup semi-final.

Southgate stepped down after eight years following defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2024.

Interim boss Lee Carsley will stand aside after the current UEFA Nations League campaign.