"Thomas Tuchel once stood on the touchline at Anfield, watching in disbelief as his self-indulgent Paris Saint-Germain players refused to put in the hard yards against Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool. Guys, what is this? he said, but there was never going to be a reaction from individuals with too much power and not enough respect for the basic concepts of teamwork. Intensity? Tracking back? Not for us, thanks. Too many wanted to do their own thing and it ground Tuchel down in the end."
"The German is a coach who wants structure, identity, sacrifice and energy. At PSG, though, he saw how individualism can bring a dressing room down. How could Tuchel make his mark when he had players who would moan if a teammate looked at them the wrong way? And so to the question of England, celebrity and the power of the collective."
"We are building the best team has been a regular refrain from Tuchel over the past week. There has been no backtracking over the omission of Jude Bellingham, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden. The radical statement is that we don't collect the most talented players, Tuchel said before England's friendly victory against Wales on Thursday. We collect the guys who have the glue and cohesion to be the best team."
Thomas Tuchel experienced self-indulgent PSG players who refused to perform basic teamwork at Anfield, showing poor intensity and a lack of tracking back. Excessive individualism and too much player power undermined structure, identity, sacrifice and energy in the dressing room. Tuchel prioritizes building cohesion and selecting players who provide glue rather than assembling the most talented individuals. He omitted Jude Bellingham, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden to reinforce collective discipline. Past issues with star players at PSG and problems at Bayern shaped his preference for unity. Success at Chelsea came from emphasizing structure and collective responsibility.
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