Tuchel’s brash Britpop football is music to England ears before Ghana test

I nside the foyer of the England team hotel in Kansas City, along with the TV screens that show the World Cup matches, there is an anachronism. It is a record player and it is worth reporting there were younger members of the squad who looked genuinely baffled by it. What were these strange plastic circles that went on it? The Football Association found out the favourite songs of each player and obtained vinyl versions of them. And very popular the whole thing has been, even if Harry Kane has been determined to play country and western on it. Harry, this is not leadership. Music has been the answer for England. As their training sessions have got under way, there have been songs blasted out from pitch-side speakers. On the Sunday before last, for example, it was Dr Dre, Coolio and Tupac. Luther Vandross has also been heard. It has been eclectic. But for the moment of communion, which came after England started their Group L campaign with the 4-2 win over Croatia in Dallas last Wednesday, it was all about Oasis. Thomas Tuchel and his players stood in front of the massed ranks of England fans and joined in with Wonderwall as it was played over the PA system. Kane called it one of his “favourite ever moments in an England shirt” and Tuchel loved it as well. The head coach watched Oasis at Wembley last September and was spotted yelling along to the same song. Now he could do so again after what he described as “one of the best days” of his career. Move over Sweet Caroline. …