The German, who is England’s third foreign manager, said he wanted to “earn the right” to sing God Save The King before international matches.

He has secured qualification for next summer’s World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada with a 100 percent record, winning all seven competitive games in his tenure, and with clean sheets in each.

But Tuchel has not yet decided if he has satisfied his own criteria of earning the right.

“You think it is already there? I will think about it,” he said, adding that he might do it at the World Cup. “Yeah, maybe,” he said. “Let’s see.”

Tuchel also said that Jude Bellingham took the decision to name him only as a substitute for Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia well.

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