England's reasons for making Thomas Tuchel new manager ahead of Pep Guardiola

The FA opted to make Thomas Tuchel their top target for the England job after coming to the belief that will extend his stay at .

Guardiola is widely seen as one of the best managers in the history of football. He led City to last season and won the treble in the 2022/2023 campaign.

But his contract at the Etihad Stadium . That drew the attention of FA chiefs, who have been looking for the permanent successor to .

Instead of pursuing a move for the Spaniard though, the next England boss. The German is expected to be unveiled at a press conference on Wednesday, three months after Southgate resigned following his side's defeat in the final of Euro 2024.

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As , the FA did approach Guardiola over taking the England job in the summer. But there was a feeling that the Catalan is instead most likely to stay for another year at City when his contract expires this summer.

Guardiola declined to give an immediate answer to the FA's approach and is thought to be taking time to consider his future. That reluctance saw the FA accelerate their pursuit of Tuchel, which has proven successful.

The German is expected to be officially unveiled on Wednesday at a press conference. Tuchel is believed to have already flown to London to finalise the details of his contract, which has made him just the third foreign national boss in England's history.

Tuchel led to the trophy in 2021 and fits the FA’s desire to have an experienced, successful manager from the highest level. He has also managed Mainz, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint Germain and .

He has three league titles during that spell and managed England skipper as he scored 44 goals in 45 games last season. hope his pedigree can turn England from being beaten finalists in the last two Euros to winners in major tournaments.

Lee Carsley has been in interim charge since Southgate's exit and was given the League games this autumn. He was viewed as a candidate but the FA have gone in a different direction and brought in a proven manager.

Carsley is likely to go back to being in charge of the under-21s and the FA moved quickly for Tuchel as he was on ’s list of candidates had they sacked Erik ten Hag.

The World Cup draw takes place in Geneva on Friday, December 13, with Tuchel then expected to oversee the qualifying campaign. It is unknown if he will take over from Carsley for the final two Nations League games next month.

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