Ex-England right-back Kyle Walker names THREE World Cup squad calls Thomas Tuchel arguably got wrong as he supports snubbed trio

Despite the tournament being played in the sweltering heat of the United States, Walker dismissed any excuses regarding player fatigue or burnout. A veteran of five major tournaments, he rubbished the notion that modern squads are physically overstretched, insisting that tournament adrenaline naturally overrides exhaustion.

“Players don’t get tired,” he declared. “I hear a lot about players’ burnout… I felt that mentally you’re tired but you’re physically not tired. I feel that you go into autopilot and if your head’s telling your legs that you can run, you will be able to run. You’re representing your country at a major tournament. Any boy or girl would dream of doing that.”

Tuchel, however, has confirmed that England are tapping into the elite expertise of Team GB to manage heat acclimatisation and cooling strategies. Despite Walker’s “autopilot” theory, the FA are leaving nothing to chance regarding sports science and biometric monitoring during their Florida training camp.