The messaging was very clear in the aftermath of the Argentina defeat. Both Thomas Tuchel and the FA are committed to one another.
There were clauses in Tuchel’s contract under which both parties could have agreed to his exit should England be knocked out at the group stage, the last 32 or the last 16.
An exemption was subsequently made for the latter once it became clear that England were in line to face Mexico at the Azteca.
Given England reached the semi-finals — for just the fourth time ever — none of those clauses were activated.
So what now for Tuchel and England?
@JackPittBrooke,
@David_Ornstein and
@OliverKay go inside England’s World Cup.
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