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Before Thomas Tuchel has even had a chance to play his first game as England's team manager, the local media are already turning on the German coach. "Chaos", "farce" and "joke" were the latest headlines in the British media. 

"It's wrong on so many levels. The fact that they've brought in a new team manager and allowed him to start on January 1 is ridiculous," says John Cross, soccer editor-in-chief of the Daily Mail.

Tuchel will coach the English national soccer team from January.(Bild: AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

"Completely screwed up"
The fact that the players still have to listen to interim coach Lee Carsley, but know that a new coach will take over in January, is causing chaos in the Three Lions squad, writes the Sun. This was made clear by the flood of withdrawals before the Nations League games against Greece and Ireland. Eight players canceled Carsley - officially due to injury. "The association brought in the right man, but completely messed everything up. Tuchel should now be in charge," writes the tabloid.

As the current runners-up in Group 2B, England do not yet have promotion to the play-offs in the bag - the "Three Lions" can only hope that calm returns and that the European runners-up can soon concentrate fully on the sporting side of things again.