Every word Tuchel said on his latest England squad

Thomas Tuchel addressed the media after unveiling his squad for international fixtures against Uruguay and Japan this month.

The England head coach touched on the logistics of the camp and managing players' minutes.

Read every word of Tuchel's press conference below.

On his excitement at being back on camp:

I'm happy and excited to be back. I’m also even more happy and more excited to be back soon on the pitch, have my players back and have two matches before we finally go to the World Cup. I think it's a moment in March to acknowledge that the March camp is a bit of a unique camp in itself. I think the reality of it is that we are qualified – that means we have two friendly matches. The reality of the March camp is that players are in a crucial moment in club football season. They fight for titles, they fight a relegation battle, they are involved in knockout matches, in cup matches, so it is a crucial moment of the season and a very stressful moment of the season for them. But it is also our last camp – the last opportunity to impress, the last opportunity for players to compete for their ticket.

On the structure and split of the camp:

It is a bit of a mix of motives. It's a bit of a mix of headlines for this camp and to get the best out of this camp, we decided to kind of split it in two camps, which means we invited 19 outfield players and four goalkeepers into the first part of the camp until the match against Uruguay to give these players a real chance to impress, to give the players a real chance to compete for minutes and for minutes against Uruguay and press Uruguay, and then also compete for their ticket to the World Cup. From Saturday morning and Friday evening, eleven players will join us in camp and we will then release some players to have a group of 21 or 22 outfield players plus goalkeepers to prepare professionally and with full focus for the Japan match.

On the eleven players joining late:

It's no secret. The players know it's Dean Henderson, then [Dan] Burn, Marc Guéhi, Ezri Konsa, Nico O'Reilly, Elliot Anderson, Declan Rice, Morgan Rogers, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka. All of all of these guys have played 3,500 plus minutes. Some of them have 4,000 minutes. More important than the pure number of minutes is that some of these guys have already played more minutes than the whole last season and there is still a lot of football to play, All of these players have contributed in September, October, November, so they have a bit of credit with me and we think that to give them a break, mentally and physically, we will benefit from it. They will come with hunger. Once they come, I think the headline changes a bit of camp, maybe from the competition for minutes, a competition for a ticket. It will still be on but it's more about reconnecting – reconnecting the group and reconnecting also to our standards and to our level. That's the expectation and that's why we gave these players a bit of a break and the chance to join us later.

On Harry Maguire and Kobbie Mainoo’s inclusions:

It's just to acknowledge the achievement of Man United as a team. I think they have an outstanding run since Michael Carrick is in charge, and Harry and Kobbie are a big part of that. Like I said, it's the last camp before the US and the last chance also for me to get to know new players, to learn about new players. Kobbie is one of them. Harry is not a new player in an England shirt but new to me in a camp. I want to see them around other players. I want to feel them on the pitch. I want to see what they're capable of and learn about them to make a clear decision in May.

On Trent Alexander-Arnold’s absence:

I know that it's a tough decision for Trent, as it is it for Ollie Watkins at the moment and for Luke Shaw. These tough decisions come with the job. It is a sportive decision that we stick with Jarell Quansah, with Tino Livramento and with Djed Spence who all can play for us in camp on the right full-back position. It is a decision for Dom Solanke and Dominic Calvert-Lewin who I don't know as well as I know Ollie Watkins. I feel I have a very clear picture of what Ollie can give us. I saw him in tournaments. I saw him with us in qualifying football. I want to have a look at two other players to get a better picture and have a have a clearer opinion. I know it's a tough one – I know it's a big name. I think he is huge talent and with a big career but I feel that I know what Trent can give us and decided still to stick to the players who were in camp with us.

On what Quansah, Livramento and Spence offer:

A slightly different profile, I would say, but it is more the evidence that we have that we were good in September, October, November, than it has anything to do what Trent cannot offer us. I know very well what Trent can offer us. I played many times against him and suffered when he played against my teams with Liverpool. I know very well about his strength and what he can give. But at the moment, we have evidence how good we were in September, October, November. The players who are in camp that I mentioned for right full-back, they have to push for that ticket. They have to compete. They have to show again that they deserve that spot.

On Dominic Solanke and Dominic Calvert-Lewin:

I think they're the same profile. Harry Kane is not in camp in the beginning, so I want to see them both. I want to know more about Dom Solanke who was with us once but long time injured. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has a good season with Leeds and is very decisive. Both are good penalty takers, so I want to see what they're capable of. I want to see if they can fill the gap, what they can bring, what they can offer with set pieces, with their strengths and their body and the height that they bring. I want to learn about them and let's see. They will compete now for minutes against Uruguay. They have a real chance to get minutes against Uruguay. They were excited about the call up. They understand the situation and I think that helps to be clear what the situation is in which they come, and they have a real chance to get an England cap.

On James Garner’s first call-up:

James plays an outstanding season with Everton and is maybe a bit of an underrated player. I have the feeling he plays several positions. I saw him many times live. I was always impressed with his work rate, always impressed with his physicality. I think it's a pleasure to play with him. He's a fantastic teammate. He does everything to help the others around him. He has huge capacity, he can run a lot, he has a high speed, he's very physical. He takes all set pieces for Everton which tells us that he has a clean foot, good strike, clean passing. It was a pleasure to invite him. I wanted to see him and see what he's capable of, if he can adapt quickly to the level and if he can adapt to the situation. It was an easy phone call because he was very happy about it.

On what players need to do to be in with a chance of going to the World Cup:

Adapt very quickly to the to the way we want to play. That was the reason why we split even the camp, to also not get confused, to have the chance to get the players who come on Tuesday until the Uruguay match. We will have four training sessions together. We will have a clear profile for them – what we want, on which position they will compete within our structure and what we what we demand, and what we expect from them within the position. I hope they feel the freedom and they feel the spirit of the group quickly. It was a pleasure in September, October, November to be part of this, so we want to reconnect to that spirit. I think it's very important that that John Stones, Jordan Henderson, Eberechi Eze and players who have been in camp with us who have contributed a lot, that they will just make it straight away clear to everyone what it means and how you act on the pitch and off the pitch with respect and how you be a good teammate. This is what we want to create and then hopefully the players find straight away the freedom and the liberty to show their potential but we will be very clear with them in the four training sessions. It is demanding but I'm looking forward to it. It is possible to prepare a team in four training sessions for a match against Uruguay and we will do it.

On Max Dowman’s form:

He put himself in the spotlight with his amazing goal against Everton and a crucial goal. I think he is obviously a fantastic talent and an outstanding talent with his age. There cannot be a doubt about it. Everyone who tells me about Max praises him and is full of compliments about him. The reality at the moment is also that he competes for minutes. He's not a regular starter for Arsenal. I think he's in a fantastic environment. I think he's in the best environment possible, in a competitive club, in a stable club, in a club where teamwork is number one rule. This is how they play. This is how they function. He learns from the very best in the very best environment and with these young guys, we know all these players. At the moment, I think he's in a good place to fight for his fight for his position, fight for his minutes at Arsenal. We always have the chance to call him up maybe for the World Cup. The thing with young players is to keep their momentum maybe going and keep their excitement, and they have a level of fearlessness with them, so no need to call him up now and increase the pressure and increase all the noise that comes with it, but we have all options.

On Lewis Hall and Anthony Gordon’s connection at club level:

We broke our heads about it for days and weeks. There is no ideal scenario because I was convinced that Anthony can use a bit of a break and Lewis competes for minutes. I'm happy that we have four training sessions together to find a mix on each side that is at least then fair to judge the players. I know that it will not be easy for them to maybe play in new constellations on the side and play in a new environment and play in the under the stress of competing for World Cup ticket. But this is high level football. It comes with a bit of pressure and it comes with a bit of resilience. We all have to adapt to it and make the best of it.

On Jason Steele’s first call-up:

He's now with us on the March camp. England has a history of taking four goalkeepers to the tournament which makes absolutely sense. We identified Jason to be a very, very good candidate for this role and we wanted to try it, and the trial is now in March camp.

On managing Jude Bellingham’s minutes:

Everyone had the same interest which is not always the case but, in this case, we all had the same interest. I wanted Jude to be in camp, Jude wanted to be in camp and Real Madrid is happy for him to come to camp because we can provide team training for him which is a bit difficult because Real Madrid is just on international break. All boxes are ticked. I think it was very important to get the expectations right. We will continue his progress in integration into team training. We will be very careful and not take any risk with Jude regarding a risk of re-injury. It's a very, very rare injury for him to have a muscle injury, so he's not experienced in it. We will be very, very careful with it and not take any risk. The best-case scenario is that he gets some minutes against Japan. That is the framework and then we will adapt from day to day.

On Fikayo Tomori’s recall:

I had many phone calls with Fikayo over the last year and it was always close. I kept encouraging him to keep on going and that he’s close and he's still on the long list and its tough decisions and maybe 49% decisions against him because someone else got the 51% in his favour. Now, we have the last chance to actually see him on the pitch. I am very impressed with Fikayo’s ability to defend, which is a key characteristic for a defender these days and can be very valuable in knockout football. He loves to defend, he's fast, he's aggressive and he's strong in duels. Happy that he's in camp. He was excited to come and it was a long wait for him, so good he’s back.

On how players joining up late reacted:

I think we have the level of trust that they know there's they know there's no hidden agenda. I mean what they say and I could see in the reaction they were quite happy about it. I think we will benefit from it now. Regarding the second match, I think they will come and I expect them to come with hunger and excitement into a short camp because I demand that they come and reconnect and push the standards to the level where it was. I'm convinced that we will benefit in June from this decision because there's a lot of football for them to play in club, in European level and in the leagues. I think any little break they can have now will be a benefit later in June and July.

On the number ten position:

We have some evidence because September, October, November was strong and we have evidence and we have proof that we were strong as a team and from there we go. I think we need clarity around every position. I think it will be very unlikely that we bring three, four or five players for one position into camp or into the World Cup. I think this will just confuse everyone. If you have the choice between world class players on the number ten position, at some point, we will have to make tough calls. But now it's about camp. In the first part of the camp, it’s Cole Palmer and Phil Foden. In the second part of the camp, it will be then Jude, Morgan and Eberechi Eze is always in the mix for any for any position on the number ten and on the wing.