Thomas Tuchel laid out his ambitions as England boss after their World Cup qualifying group was announced
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00:00This is a privilege to do this job and I will give my everything and I'm very happy because I have a group of players that I already love.
00:14I think I have huge respect for Serbia and for Albania.
00:20They can always surprise, they have a strong history of football, of technical football, of emotional crowd and emotional players, emotional groups.
00:30England never played Latvia, so this is a new experience for all of us and then we have of course Andorra where we are huge favourites.
00:38But we have to qualify, this is the most important and this is where all the focus goes.
00:44To watch matches live and get in touch then with players and be at St. George's Park to get a feeling, create an atmosphere and get known to all the people who work there and work there passionately for the same target.
01:03So I'm happy to start, more than happy to start in January.
01:08It's very important that we arrive as a strong group, not only the group of players but also the group of staff and for that it's necessary that we also lead by example and we create a certain culture.
01:25Now it's on us to form a strong group that is more than just individuals and this starts in January.
01:32I was not at charge and I think now I have no reason to believe that anyone was not injured.
01:39I have been on the other side in club football, some players have little issues, minor issues, cannot train and cannot give their everything, so sometimes it is better that they rest.