'Now isn't the right moment to change' - Tuchel on duo playing together
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England boss Thomas Tuchel believes there will be "friendly competition" between Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers and Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham during the November international break.
Both attacking midfielders were named in England's 25-man squad after Bellingham's high-profile omission for the Wales friendly and the Latvia World Cup qualifier back in October.
When asked if the two Midlands-born attackers could play in the same side together, Tuchel replied: "I don't know. I guess so, but not both playing in the same position.
"Rather than finding positions for my best players just so that I can have them on the field, I prefer to put everyone in their best positions and have some competition.
"There is competition at the moment between the two of them. They are friends so it can also be friendly competition. It doesn't always have to be a case of being enemies or hating each other.
"Can they play together? Yes, but in a different structure and maybe now isn't the right moment to change our structure."
