England World Cup squad verdict: Tuchel has picked the right players
Tuchel's squad was not short of controversy, with huge stars like Cole Palmer, Phil Foden and Trent Alexander-Arnold all missing out on the tournament, but ex-England striker Heskey believes the German has made the sort of brave calls that previous managers were scared to do.
He said: "These couple of weeks before a major tournament are difficult, because there's definitely an element of not really wanting to move, or go anywhere, through fear of getting injured. But you can't really give that kind of thing much thought, because you'd get nothing done.
"You've got to be careful that you don't really think that way. With a couple of weeks to go, you're just excited to get out there and start training, getting acclimatised and ready to go and do battle.Â
"Thomas Tuchel is right to keep a lot of things guarded, and to himself. You can't just be throwing things out there in interviews, and then all of a sudden wonder things aren't going great. Germans are quite straight to the point in everything they say and do anyway, but it looks like he's getting the lads on his side, and that's the main thing.
"Honestly, if you can get your players buying into what you're doing, you've done half of your job. It's when you lose them; that's the problem. It's very tough to get them back once you've lost them. But if you can get them on your side, it's fine.
"I think he'll be managing England after this World Cup. He's made some very, very interesting decisions that others have refused to make in previous years, because they wanted an easy life.Â
