Kane reveals England dressing room's verdict on Tuchel amid fan frustration

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Harry Kane insists

England’s

players are fully behind

Thomas Tuchel

even after their

World Cup

heartbreak.

Kane

insists Tuchel’s “enthusiasm and tactical experience” can carry England forward even if the captain admitted they are still in the “grieving stage.”

Three Lions striker Kane also said fans have a right to be “sad and angry” at the way they lost the semi-final to

Argentina

and it will take time to get over the disappointment. England did at least achieve their best World Cup finish on foreign soil as they beat

France

to get the bronze medal and Kane says it is hard to swallow because boss Tuchel allowed them all to dream.

Kane said: “It’s our highest finish in 60 years. The enthusiasm he has, the emotion he brings, the tactical experience he has. It doesn’t mean you’re going to get it right every time.

“We want to get it right on the biggest occasions and he expects that from himself as well. He’s a fantastic coach. He not only gave the players belief but he gave the country belief that it was our year.

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“That is why it hurts even more than other years because everyone believed we were going all the way. Everyone has to process it. He has to process it himself.

“We’re still in that grieving stage, the emotional stage, and we’ll be in that for the next few weeks. It won’t be until the next camp where you think about what the future holds and what the next target is. We’ll have conversations as captain and manager and with other team mates and staff, to see where we can be better.”

Kane admitted he can understand the fans’ frustrations and Tuchel’s name was even booed before kick-off in the third-place play-off game with France. Kane said: “It’s so hard. I think the fans are behind the team and are behind the manager.

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“When something like this happens it’s very emotional – and rightly so. We’ve all been England fans when we wished we’d done this or that and it didn’t quite happen. That will die down naturally.

“Before we know it, we’ll be back with our clubs and the focus shifts to

Champions League

or the

Nations League

. Things do move quickly. Fans have a right to be emotional, sad and angry. We all are, we all feel it.

“We have a chance to change it but it wasn’t to be this year. There is still a lot of positives to take from this, competing against the odds away from home and you finish third. Keep your chin up and go again.

“When you take the job of England manager, he knows that if it doesn’t go the way we want it then he’s going to take some stick. That is part and parcel of the job. I know there are a lot of questions after the other night. We have to process it as players. I’m sure the manager will.

“It’s his first major tournament. He’ll learn a lot from the players, the situations, the pressures, the travel. There are also a lot of things as players we can learn from the other night. For now it’s just trying to process everything.

“We had a lot of good things, a lot of tough situations we overcame. The group is incredible, the best England group I’ve been a part of in terms of togetherness. The boss was a big part of creating that as well.”

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