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Thomas Tuchel announced as England manager: Press conference; ENGLAND: London: Wembley: INT Thomas Tuchel (New England manager) and Mark Bullingham (Chief Executive Officer of the FA) answering questions from press SOT (Henry Winter - World Soccer) Q: DID YOU SPEAK TO HARRY KANE AND WILL HE BE CAPTAIN - (Tuchel) I didn’t speak to anyone / we kept the process very confidential between Mark, John and me / I did not speak to Harry / I didn’t speak to Gareth / normally I never do this, I get my own feeling / I get my own point of view and let it sink in and reflect on it / I haven’t done it yet / it’s too early to answer these kind of questions - You know how highly I think of Harry and how much I fought to bring him to Bayern Munich / he is already on his way to being a legend in English football / but now I think it is very important to give the respect to Lee and have the camp in November and take his decisions free of me interfering (James Robson - Associated Press) Q: WHY ENGLAND AND NOT MAN UNITED - Because the idea and the way John and Mark presented it was very fast, very exciting and it was very confidential / it was very trustful / it was very straightforward and that was basically a decision for this job - It was not a decision against anything else / you will understand if I don't want to comment on individual players today / I will not comment like always on other clubs (James Robson - Associated Press) Q: DID ANY MANAGERS REJECT YOU - (Bullingham) We ran a really clear process / we spoke to approximately 10 throughout the process / clearly some were more up for the role than others / we were absolutely delighted to end up with Thomas and we believe he gives us the best chance of winning the World Cup / we believe the best candidate got the job.