England manager Thomas Tuchel has said that every English player must earn the right to play for EPL clubs. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, even though the number of homegrown players has dipped alarmingly in recent years, domestic clubs are not to blame for footballers not fighting hard enough.
He added that young English players cannot expect special treatment by EPL teams just because they are from the country.
His words, “It is competition. It is high level sport. The players have to fight their way to compete in the League. It is what it is. We have enough players to compete at a high level and they compete in the toughest League and they have to fight their way.
Yes, sometimes that happens. It is not frustrating. Of course I would love to see more English players. The more the better. But I come from club football and I know that no-one is holding anyone back. If anyone deserves to play, they will play so they have to fight for their place and I think they will. Quality will always find a way.
The door is always open for anyone to jump in. Let’s play a second game and then we decide. The nomination comes and then there is always an open door for top quality, top character. We are in October now so we go step-by-step. We can just acknowledge he (Morgan Rogers) did amazing, the team did amazing and he buys into that. He is a humble player. He is a physical player. And he is a very talented player, of course. And in a good way. We need more than just 11 at the moment.
I am sorry but I don’t follow that mindset. I am a football coach to coach the team that I nominate. And that is where my focus is. Let’s cross the river when we are at the river. It does not help anyone if we think in bubbles about what can happen and about what cannot happen. We had the last one and a half days to influence the team and I am happy they responded in this way. I am a happy coach tonight. And on Saturday we keep on going.”
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