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Thomas Tuchel responds to Steven Gerrard calling for FA and coaches 'to be fined'

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He then added: "Fine the FA and all the coaches for being late."However, a year on, Gerrard will be seething as Tuchel has inadvertently responded to the ex-Rangers manager's calls by omitting Jones from his latest squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Serbia and Albania.While Jones, 24, has six caps for the Three Lions and was even called up by Tuchel for the German's first-ever squad in charge of England, he has not been included in the last three camps.READ MORE: Jamie Carragher accuses Newcastle of 'letting down' Eddie Howe in England declarationREAD MORE: Sven Goran Eriksson's family sell ex-England manager's mansion to help pay off debtsJones has played a part in every game he has been available for Arne Slot's team this season, having contended with several injury concerns.While the Reds have struggled in the Premier League, most recently being on the end of a 3-0 drubbing by Manchester City, Jones has stood out with several composed performances for the reigning champions, but it has not been deemed enough to turn Tuchel's head.Gerrard's affinity for his fellow Liverpudlian stems from coaching him while he was in charge of the Anfield side's under-18s. He said: "I say it now, still, I feel like Steven was the one who came in and made me really think, ‘Look, if I lock all the way in, now I can go to the top.“I’ll never forget the time, we’d been away on pre-season – I don’t know what country it was – we came back and he got the whole team in on a one-to-one and he’d been speaking about the things you did well and what you needed to improve."He continued: “I remember when he came in – I don’t want to say what he said – it was good but it was not nice.



I’ll say a little bit: ‘I gave you the 10 shirt on your back because I want you to be my main lad in my team and I want to build the team around you, but you didn’t show enough'.“There was a game that he said, this is was what stuck in my head a lot – where I wanted to show him that anything you need from me I’ll do it – we’d been beaten by Fulham and he said I’d been tackled and the lad had stood over and said something while I’d been on the floor.“He turned around to me and said, ‘What did you do about it?!’ I said, ‘I can’t remember’, and he said, ‘Well, I’ll tell you, you did nothing!. “I sat there and thought, ‘you’re right’.

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