Thomas Tuchel warned he could face England sack with disastrous Mexico World Cup result

England manager Thomas Tuchel could suffer his occupation if the Three Lions are "well beaten" by Mexico successful the past 16 of the World Cup, Stan Collymore has exclusively told Sports Mole.

Originally hired connected an 18-month declaration until the extremity of the existent competition, Tuchel was handed an hold by the FA until Euro 2028 aft overseeing a stellar commencement to beingness successful the hotseat.

Under Tuchel's wing, England qualified for the World Cup with a 100% grounds and nary goals conceded, and the Three Lions volition look Mexico connected Monday greeting for the close to look either Brazil oregon Norway successful the quarter-finals.

However, England person failed to person successful North America truthful far, drafting 0-0 with Ghana, requiring 2 second-half goals successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Panama and needing Harry Kane heroics to borderline retired DR Congo 2-1 successful the past 32.

While Collymore feels that Tuchel could person a location Euros moving successful his favour, the erstwhile Liverpool and England striker expects the German to spell if the Three Lions suffer heavy astatine Estadio Azteca.

Stan Collymore sends Thomas Tuchel England sack informing earlier Mexico

"If we'd mislaid the erstwhile game, I'd person expected Thomas Tuchel to manus successful his resignation," Collymore replied. "It's his team, his squad and his staff, truthful yet the work sits with him.

"I've ever said England's par astatine this tourney is astir apt a quarter-final. We're a precise bully European side, but I don't deliberation we're astatine the level of France oregon Spain. If England bushed Mexico and past suffer to Brazil, astir radical would astir apt accidental that's astir right.

"But if England are comfortably beaten by Mexico, adjacent taking into relationship the conditions astatine the Azteca, and you harvester that with immoderate of the performances and the contention surrounding his squad selections, past determination would beryllium existent pressure. Tuchel mightiness adjacent feel, professionally, that he'd fallen abbreviated of expectations.

"The lone happening moving successful his favour is that Euro 2028 volition beryllium played successful Europe, with wholly antithetic travelling and clime demands. Decision-makers whitethorn determine he's a European manager and deserves different accidental nether European conditions. But if England are good beaten by Mexico, I deliberation that would astir apt beryllium the extremity of the road."

Collymore's comments suggest that skipper Kane saved his manager's occupation successful the past 32, wherever the Bayern Munich talisman netted his 12th and 13th World Cup goals aft overtaking Gary Lineker for the astir all-time for England against Panama.

Which different England players request to measurement up against Mexico?

Kane and Jude Bellingham combined for some of England's goals successful their last radical game, earlier Anthony Gordon came disconnected the seat to acceptable up the former's strikes successful the DR Congo victory.

However, Gordon was 1 of the players Collymore name-checked erstwhile asked which of Tuchel's troops request to up their crippled against Mexico, responding: "I deliberation it's got to beryllium England's wide players.

"I'd expect England to beryllium overmuch much reactive than proactive against Mexico. They're not going to beryllium chasing the crippled each implicit the pitch. I deliberation we've got the players to play with a debased block, with Bellingham, Rice and Anderson sitting successful beforehand of the backmost four, keeping possession erstwhile we can.

"Harry Kane tin driblet deeper arsenic well, and I tin spot him picking the shot up midway wrong England's fractional and playing 1 of those trademark passes successful behind.

"Whether it's Saka, Rashford, Gordon oregon Eze, those wide players person to get connected their bikes, thrust guardant connected the counter-attack and enactment prime balls into the container for Kane and Bellingham arriving late.

"That's the benignant of crippled England request to play. For it to work, it's the starting wide men and the players who decorativeness the crippled that request to beryllium astatine their precise best. Not needfully maximum strength due to the fact that of what the Azteca demands physically, but they request to nutrient those tactical, objective counter-attacks that tin truly wounded Mexico."

England are inactive facing uncertainty implicit Reece James and Jarell Quansah's fittingness for the last-16 clash, but Tuchel has received a boost implicit Declan Rice, who was forced disconnected aboriginal against DR Congo.

Stan Collymore was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of BetTOM.