The decision to recall Henderson defined Tuchel's first England squad and demonstrated he is not here to win popularity contests

Thomas Tuchel threw a couple of curveballs in his first England squad since taking over as manager with a recall for midfielder Jordan Henderson and a potential first cap for defender Dan Burn.The German took over as Three Lions coach at the start of the year and on Friday evening announced his 26-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley Stadium on March 21 and 24,

Thomas Tuchel has explained his shock decision to bring Jordan Henderson back into the England squad. The Ajax midfielder has not played for the Three Lions since November 2023 but was a surprise inclusion in Tuchel’s first squad for World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley later this month.