Chelsea decision, Champions League surprise, Jurgen Klopp path - Meet England boss Thomas Tuchel

Thomas is the new manager of England.

The former boss will take charge in January once Lee Carsley's role as interim manager comes to an end. It ends England's wait for a permanent successor to Gareth Southgate, who left after England's loss to Spain in the final of.

Previously Tuchel after a tough start to their Premier League season. Tuchel's departure from Stamford Bridge left him with lots of free time to spend with his new girlfriend at the time.

The German was spotted holidaying with Natalie Max just days after divorcing his wife Sissi of 13 years. As of late, he has been living in Munich, near his two daughters, with Natalie, according to our colleagues at .

Sissi, a journalist, reportedly quit her job at the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung to raise their family. She moved to the UK in August 2021, several months after her husband got the Chelsea job, and they bought a house together near the club's training ground in Cobham, Surrey.

It was believed that Sissi had a big say in his career choices and gave valuable advice when he was offered managerial jobs. When he left Dortmund in 2017, Tuchel's wife reportedly went to Paris to find a place for them to live ahead of his appointment at PSG.

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But she rarely attended his teams' matches, making her first appearance at an English fixture at the 2021 FA Cup final at Wembley, where Chelsea lost to Leicester City.

Their marriage broke down, and in 2022, it was reported they had separated after 13 years together, with court documents showing Sissi filing for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. "Sissi and Thomas have tried to avoid splitting, but in the end, there was no other way," a source told the

"It is very sad and now it is all about making sure their daughters are the top priority. Papers were lodged last week to get the divorce underway."

Tuchel, who hails from Bavaria, began to carve out his path in coaching after being forced to cut short his lower-level playing days by a knee injury in his mid-20s. He started as an academy coach at fourth-tier SSV Ulm, progressing to Stuttgart Under-19s and further roles with Augsburg and Mainz before becoming first-team boss at the latter in 2009.

It was there he proved himself as one of German football’s brightest young coaches, establishing the newly promoted club in the Bundesliga with a highest placing of fifth and taking them into Europe. He succeeded Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund in 2015 and took them to cup success before going on to win Ligue 1 twice and reach a Champions League final in charge of Paris St Germain.

Tuchel went one better and unexpectedly won Europe’s top club prize with Chelsea in 2021 after the Blues had initially endured a difficult season under previous boss Frank Lampard. Tuchel also scooped up the Club World Cup before winning the Bundesliga with Bayern in 2023.