Overview

• Thomas Tuchel said there was no hidden agenda behind the description and apologized for the upset it caused.
• The comment came in a live talkSPORT interview the day after England’s 3-1 friendly loss to Senegal in June.
• Tuchel framed his remarks around Jude Bellingham’s competitive edge, noting that visible rage and hunger can be off-putting to some viewers, including his mother.
• He took responsibility for using the wrong word, citing the context of a second-language, morning-after interview with little sleep.
• Bellingham is not in England’s latest squad for World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia as he recovers from shoulder surgery.