Tuchel and Kane take aim at Euros campaign before England v Albania: football - live

Key events 31m ago Rogers pushing for England start at Wembley

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24m ago 06.45 EDT An important story by Paul MacInnes, Lorenzo Buzzoni and Chris Matthews: The prevalence of gambling money in European football has been laid bare by new research that shows two-thirds of teams across 31 top divisions have at least one sponsorship deal with a betting firm. As the Premier League counts down to a ban on front-of-shirt sponsorship by gambling companies, due to come into force next year, data also shows clubs in European countries have found ways to get around such restrictions. Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football Read more Share

28m ago 06.40 EDT A bit more Kane from yesterday: “We need to be willing to have uncomfortable conversations [in the Tuchel era] ... to push your teammate on in a different way. “To be in a winning team, you need to have those uncomfortable conversations ... we need more players to be comfortable talking, and pushing other players. If we do that we’ll be in a good place.” Share Updated at 06.40 EDT

31m ago 06.38 EDT Rogers pushing for England start at Wembley Jacob Steinberg Morgan Rogers is pushing for a starting spot in attack when the Thomas Tuchel era begins with England’s World Cup qualifier against Albania tonight. Rogers, who can play in a variety of roles in attacking midfield, has been in fine form for Aston Villa this season and has done well in training this week. He has not started for England yet but could feature as the No 10 against Albania, with Jude Bellingham in a slightly deeper role with Declan Rice. Phil Foden and Anthony Gordon will hope to fend off competition from Marcus Rashford, Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze on the wings. View image in fullscreen Curtis Jones, Morgan Rogers and Ezri Konsa in training with England. Photograph: George Wass/PPAUK/Shutterstock Share

37m ago 06.32 EDT Craig Gordon has warned that Scotland’s Nations League play-off against Greece is “by no means finished” following Thursday night’s 1-0 win in Athens. Scott McTominay’s 33rd-minute penalty gave Steve Clarke’s side the lead but the visitors had to survive almost constant second-half pressure from Greece to take an advantage back to Hampden Park for Sunday’s return leg. The Scotland keeper insists there is still work to do before League A survival is assured.

He said: “It is still a difficult game. The tie is in the balance. You could see the quality that they have, so still another big performance needed. View image in fullscreen Scotland's Scott McTominay celebrates his penalty against Greece. Photograph: Georgia Panagopoulou/EPA “This is by no means finished, it will still be a very difficult one going into the second leg. It was a big win. We had to work really hard, especially in the second half to hang on to it. But great determination shown by everybody to grind out that second half and stay in the lead. “We could have been more than one goal up at half-time. Maybe the second half would have panned out differently if we had managed to get further ahead. “But give credit to Greece in the second half, they came out, put us under a lot of pressure and it was a backs-to-the-wall performance that ground out the 1-0 at the end. The guys in front were chucking themselves in front of things, it was quite desperate at times. Sometimes you have to do that to keep the ball out your net and I thought we did it very well in the second half.” (PA Media) Share

42m ago 06.26 EDT Leander Schaerlaeckens On the eve of what turned out to be his first loss in a competitive match in charge of the United States men’s national team and the end of his honeymoon with his newish employers, Mauricio Pochettino said something accidentally prescient. “Football is about timing and it’s about form and the situation of the player,” he said to a room of reporters ahead of the US’s 1-0 loss to Panama. Mauricio Pochettino’s US honeymoon is over, but it’s not time to panic Read more Share

47m ago 06.21 EDT “I think they’re totally different characters,” Harry Kane said last night, asked about Thomas v Gareth. “Just in their personalities, the way they are on the pitch, and probably off the pitch as well. “Obviously I had a great relationship with Gareth … we were similar in a lot of ways … I think we were quite quiet and understanding, and we had a lot of conversations about things. “With Thomas, I think he brings a lot more energy, enthusiasm … already this week on the training pitch and in the meetings … he brings a lot of passion when he’s talking. “It’s been great. Obviously I saw a lot of it last season. He was a big reason I went to Bayern Munich in the first place. I know his attributes, and I know how a good a coach he is. “I think all the boys have been impressed with him, and now we’re just excited to get out there and start the next chapter.” View image in fullscreen England’s Harry Kane (right) in training. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters Share Updated at 06.23 EDT

1h ago 06.03 EDT Aaron Ramsdale, Morgan Gibbs-White and Jarell Quansah have been told by Tuchel that they will not play any part for England against Albania tonight. Share Updated at 06.07 EDT

1h ago 05.56 EDT I reckon England were also a little bit light on a centre-forward who can run fast, when it comes to Euro 2024. Barney Ronay wrote about why Kane needs pace around him and how Gareth Southgate seemingly lost sight of how best to use him last summer: Thomas Tuchel’s first task is to solve England’s main problem: Harry Kane | Barney Ronay Read more Share Updated at 05.58 EDT

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