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Tuchel has planned his squad announcement for Friday to take into account the English players playing on Thursday in Europe for Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea.
Over the past few weeks, Tuchel has spoken to more than 55 players individually on the phone, sources told BBC Sport. FA chief Mark Bullingham said Tuchel was “building connections”.
Tuchel has been partly working remotely from Germany, although Bullingham clarified last week that Tuchel is based at St George’s Park and living in London.
The England boss is often shown on TV cameras at Premier League matches and has travelled to Milan to watch Kyle Walker, Madrid to see Jude Bellingham and also been to Germany to watch England captain Harry Kane.
Tuchel’s assistant Anthony Barry has also been to watch games individually and Tuchel has been at St George’s Park between two to three days a week, with his backroom team planning next week’s camp.
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