🆕 Thomas Tuchel admits he has held clear-the-air with the England dressing room after Jude Bellingham’s explosive TV interview.

⏩ Tuchel insists they have already “moved on” and says he would have reacted exactly like Bellingham after England’s win over Norway.

🗣️“I think we come from the same place. Our comments come from the same place from being competitive and having the edge when competition is on. So he was just confronted with the negative side, often with a critique of my side. I called him a world class player, that I said he had world class actions again to decide the match, that I said the mentality is outstanding of this team.

🗣️“All of that was not part of the question. I get it. So he was confronted with ‘what do you think, the coach said you were sloppy.’ Of course, I would maybe also bite back when I come from 120 minutes, scored two goals, gave literally everything that is in my body. It’s just a very normal thing, a very normal reaction for a player of his mindset.

🗣️“So no problem. I spoke to the whole team. We debriefed. I spoke to the whole team after in the dressing room, which was basically the same message. And I explained it again the next evening to just move on forward. And then we straight away in the talk put on a new direction, put on a new head, which is semi-final and Argentina.” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇷
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