Famous English coach Harry Redknapp joked about the appointment of German Thomas Tuchel as the coach of the England national team.

«Was it the right decision to appoint Tuchel as the head coach of the England national team? I do not know. To be honest, I think he is a German spy. I’m telling you, seriously. He was sent to fool us. I’m telling you, he is like Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce — Nazi propagandist during World War II — ed.) during the war: ‘We have captured your best soldiers’ and all that. He was told: "Come over and destroy this team," — quotes Redknapp the publication The Guardian.