‘Light on leadership’: Kane joins Tuchel in criticising England at Euro 2024
- New head coach says Southgate’s side had ‘no identity’
- Captain believes Jordan Henderson will help guide squad
Thomas Tuchel has delivered a scathing assessment of England’s performance under Gareth Southgate at Euro 2024, saying that they lacked “hunger” and “identity” last summer.
In a sign of his desire to make a clean break with his predecessor’s era, Tuchel shed any pretence of diplomacy. The German was forthright on England’s laboured performances during a tournament in which fans and pundits turned on Southgate, saying the side played with fear and showed no excitement before losing the final to Spain, and his comments were backed up by Harry Kane’s admission that the squad was “a little bit light on leadership” in Germany.
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