The method in the madness of Thomas Tuchel

The Story

The England football team’s manager Thomas Tuchel has led  his squad to a World Cup semi-final against old rivals Argentina. A cerebral football obsessive, he has a tendency to self-immolate when things are going well. So is this the fate that awaits the Tuchel-England experiment? Or could the tensions between the manager and his star player Jude Bellingham actually prove the key to victory?


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Guest: Mehreen Khan, economics editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Jesse Fox, Harry Stott.

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Read more: Thomas Tuchel’s tough love for England not without risk

Further listening: The men who made the World Cup - The Sunday Story

Clips: Football Smash / Youtube, Sky News, Talk Sport, Sports Unfiltered / Youtube, BBC.

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