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Topics: Cole Palmer, England, Football, Thomas Tuchel, FIFA World Cup, Football World Cup
Ben McCrum
Topics: Cole Palmer, England, Football, Thomas Tuchel, FIFA World Cup, Football World Cup
Thomas Tuchel's England squad have been taking special biometric tablets as part of their genius preparation for their upcoming World Cup qualifier match.
On Saturday afternoon, England will lineup for their third match of the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup, as they face Andorra before returning to Nottingham Forest's City Ground to face Senegal in a friendly next week.
When the squad for the international fixtures was announced, some surprise names were included, with the likes of Al Ahli's Ivan Toney and former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson both making it despite playing for clubs outside the 'top five' European leagues.
But it appears that the squad isn't the only surprise to come out of Tuchel's second England camp, as a new report has revealed that the German boss has his players taking unique biometric tablets to monitor their training.
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According to the Daily Mail, during Monday's training session, Tuchel took the England squad off the pitch and put them into acclimatisation tents inside a greenhouse, setting the temperature to an intense 36°C.
While in the tents, the players started working on bikes and were asked to swallow biometric tablets to allow staff to monitor them throughout the session.
Each player pushed themselves to the point of exhaustion, allowing doctors to use digital material within the dissolvable tablet to scan internal body metrics and reveal important details such as their core body temperature and dehydration levels.
"Forty-five minutes on a bike is a long time" admitted Eberechi Eze while speaking with the Mail.
"You just had to keep going. But it was definitely helpful. It gave a bit of insight into yourself, and how you would cope in those conditions. It was about understanding how hot you actually are while doing the training. It was interesting."
Meanwhile Chelsea star Cole Palmer remained characteristically reserved when asked about the experience, saying: "Yeah, it was tough. ‘We had to get to a certain wattage or something on a bike and maintain it. For 45 minutes."
With England's spot in the 2026 World Cup in North America all but confirmed, Tuchel and his backroom staff will undoubtedly be using this time before the competition gets underway in June to get the squad comfortable with his style of play and training.