Tuchel led the England national team to complete a perfect World Cup qualifying match, but in the view of Mertesacker, a famous German coach who has worked in the Premier League team for many years, the German coach will never really win the hearts of England fans, and he still has many problems to solve in his work with the England national team.

Mertesacker played for Arsenal for many years as a player, and in recent years has served as the club's youth training director. He who is familiar with English football said on German TV 2: "In England, people will always look at a German coach with a judgmental eye."

Tuchel led the team to win all eight games in the World Cup preliminaries. Mertesacker believed: "The results have proven that he is right, because They love him for the time being, but things could change very quickly."

Tuchel was already criticized when he became the head coach of the England national team, with many fans and some experts questioning the choice because they had hoped to have a coach from England.

So Mertesacker said that real love "will never happen" and listed the reasons: "There are still a lot of problems to be solved, including the matter surrounding Bellingham."

Mertesacker was referring to the discord between Tuchel and the Real Madrid star: Tuchel did not call up Bellingham for a time last month, and the substitution of the 22-year-old player in the most recent game caused huge controversy. However, the media clearly sided with Tuchel.

Mertesacker further said when talking about Tuchel: "There are indeed some stories surrounding him. The English people don't quite know how they should handle this situation, that is, they now have a head coach who unveiled a so-called super A taboo topic for stars. "

Tuchel, 52, officially became the head coach of the England national team on January 1, 2025. He has led the team in a total of 10 games and achieved an excellent record of 9 wins and 1 loss (scoring 26 goals and conceding 3 goals).