Stick with Tuchel unless Guardiola is available - Rooney

Wayne Rooney thinks the Football Association should instrumentality with Thomas Tuchel arsenic England caput manager unless a determination for Pep Guardiola is possible.

Tuchel has retained the backing of the FA aft England's 2-1 decision to Argentina successful Wednesday's World Cup semi-final.

The German was criticised for his substitutions arsenic England squandered a 1-0 pb precocious on, but says helium intends to enactment to pb the Three Lions into Euro 2028.

Despite backing Tuchel to stay arsenic England caput manager aft the World Cup heartbreak, Rooney thinks the FA should "go and get" erstwhile Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola if helium is available.

"I don't spot anyone other retired determination astatine the minute, unless you spell and get Pep Guardiola. If Pep Guardiola is available, past possibly you spell and get him," Rooney said connected The Wayne Rooney Show.

"I deliberation helium is simply a top-class manager and what the apical managers do, they larn from the mistakes and they amended and get better.

"If we sack him, what managers are we going to bring in? And I don't deliberation there's anyone retired determination who's arsenic bully arsenic Thomas Tuchel, unless Guardiola.

"But the large happening for maine is he's not experienced astatine World Cups. We had the nonstop aforesaid with [Fabio] Capello.

"The World Cup is antithetic and you request to consciousness that situation and present he's felt it."

Tuchel signed a two-year declaration extension successful February, having been appointed successful January 2025 connected an 18-month ngo to triumph the World Cup.

Rooney shared his views connected the determination to springiness Tuchel a caller contract: "I deliberation the FA told america that Thomas Tuchel was coming successful to triumph the World Cup and instrumentality america to the adjacent level.

"It's a small spot unusual if its precedence was to triumph the World Cup, but past you get a two-year declaration earlier you really spell to the World Cup. That's a spot strange."