Guardiola’s name would undoubtedly be thrown into that debatewith his love of the English game being no secretbut should the Barcelona and City legend be considered a clear and present threat to Tuchel?
When that question was put to Owen, the ex-England striker – speaking in association with World Cup 2026 betting odds – told GOAL: “I think that’s a bit left field, personally. One, we’re not looking for a manager at the minute. We’ve just given our manager a new contract. I can’t imagine it. And two, I don’t know why, I just couldn’t see why Pep would take it.
“He’s been in football for years and years and years. No break. I would suggest that he’s going to have a nice long break before he starts thinking of anything else.
“If England get knocked out and we’re absolutely shambolic and the decision is to part ways, which would be a big surprise having just given the manager a new contract, it would be a bit of an egg on your face if you did that from the FA’s point of view. But let’s surmise that happened, then obviously everything’s on the table. That would take a real chain of events for that to occur.”
