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Thomas Tuchel will attend his first Premier League games as England manager this weekend, starting with Tottenham v Newcastle on Saturday (12.30 GMT).
Former Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss Tuchel was appointed as Gareth Southgate’s successor in October, with his contract starting on January 1.
Tuchel will be joined in his role by assistant coach Anthony Barry, goalkeeping coach Henrique Hilario, performance coach Nicolas Mayer and analyst James Melbourne.
Ahead of England’s World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley Stadium in March, here are six players Tuchel may be keeping a close eye on at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
James Maddison (Tottenham)
Playmaker Maddison won his final England cap at Newcastle’s home in June, playing 29 minutes as a substitute in a 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Three Lions’ final friendly before Euro 2024.
Maddison, who traveled to the 2022 World Cup injured and was an unused substitute in Qatar after recovering, said “the devastation is not enough” after Southgate left him out for the tournament in Germany, although he admitted he had not enjoyed his strongest season 2023/24 with Spurs.
The 28-year-old has avoided the injuries that have plagued him throughout the 2024/25 season so far, contributing eight goals and four assists in 19 Premier League appearances. However, he has started on the bench in five of Tottenham’s last 10 league games.
#️⃣1289 @tino_livramento �� pic.twitter.com/Nqqf32nVZ4
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 19, 2024
Tino Livramento (Newcastle)
Right-back Livramento played for England at youth level before being called up for the first time when interim manager Lee Carsley oversaw the Nations League games in October.
The 22-year-old made a memorable debut in the 5-0 win over the Republic of Ireland at Wembley on November 17 and has featured in all 18 of Newcastle’s league games this season, starting 14 times.
Livramento started 10 consecutive top-flight games before missing the 3-0 home win against Aston Villa on 26 December due to illness. He returned from the Manchester United bench four days later and will be hoping to return to the starting line-up for Tuchel’s watch as the Magpies aim to record a fifth successive league goal.
Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)
Named player of the tournament in England’s under-21 Euro 2023 triumph, winger Gordon made his senior debut in March and played one minute at Euro 2024.
Carsley, who was the manager responsible for that under-21 title, started Gordon in five of his six games in charge and the 23-year-old scored his first goal for England against the Republic of Ireland.
Gordon has started on all but one occasion he has been available for Newcastle this season, providing four of his five assists and one of his four goals so far this campaign in their last five matches. Tottenham may have even more reason to be wary, given his added motivation to impress Tuchel.
Lewis Hall’s first goal for the club! 😍💫
🔙 #MUNNEW pic.twitter.com/aCLGluURk1
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) December 29, 2024
Lewis Hall (Newcastle)
Hall and Tuchel know each other well from their time at Chelsea, for whom the German made his debut as a 17-year-old in an FA Cup tie against Chesterfield in January 2022, making him the club’s youngest ever debutant. competition.
“I remember his training sessions were very good,” Hall said of Tuchel, speaking to the Football Association in December. “A lot of it was based on possession, which I really enjoyed, and he was a good person to me and gave me my debut. Without that, it probably wouldn’t have given me the confidence to continue.”
The left-back made his England debut as a half-time substitute in the 3-0 win in Greece in November and played in the defeat against the Republic of Ireland three days later. He has been a near-constant presence in the league for Newcastle since the end of September, including two assists in their last four top-flight matches.
Bergvall ➡️ Sarr ➡️ Solanke 🏹
3️⃣ in 3️⃣ for Dom as he adds our third at Old Trafford 🎯 pic.twitter.com/f4yd1AGQY8
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 29, 2024
Dominic Solanke (Tottenham)
Tottenham’s £65million summer signing from Bournemouth will be hoping he does not face another extremely long wait for his next game, after finally adding to his solitary international appearance – which came more than seven years ago – with two short substitute appearances coming out in October and November.
England’s Young Player of the Year in 2014, Solanke is a European champion at under-17 level and an under-20 World Cup winner, but his prolific form for the Cherries has not been enough to entice Southgate to give him the senior nod.
The 27-year-old has 10 goals and five assists in 25 appearances for Spurs this season, although Maddison, Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins and Ipswich Town’s leading goalscorer Liam Delap are among the English players who have outscored him in the Premier League.
He came home from Harvey Barnes. 🎰 pic.twitter.com/8sqM142Xd0
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 12, 2024
Harvey Barnes (Newcastle)
Winger Barnes played for Southgate while at former club Leicester City and came on as a substitute in a friendly against Wales in October 2020.
After joining Newcastle for around £38m in July 2023, the former Under-20 and Under-21 international missed most of last season with a foot injury, returning with three goals and two assists in his last 10 league games.
Barnes scored the last of his five goals this season in a 4-2 defeat at Brentford on December 7 and has since come on as a substitute in each of Newcastle’s five successive wins. The 27-year-old scored for the Foxes against Tuchel’s Chelsea in August 2022.
