"England's Thomas Tuchel Ranks as the Fourth Sexiest Manager for World Cup 2026, While Graham Potter Takes the Lead and Ex-Man Utd Boss Falls to 34th"

THOMAS TUCHEL might not be happy with finishing fourth at the World Cup this summer.

Or losing the third-place play-off to Sweden.

Thomas Tuchel was named the fourth sexiest manager at the World Cup Credit: Alamy Graham Potter clinched third and looks the part in a black blazer and turtle neck Credit: Reuters

But he will no doubt be delighted to be named the fourth sexiest manager at the tournament.

Out of the 48 bosses preparing to lead their teams in USA, Mexico and Canada, only just missed out on a podium spot.

However, the England head coach was pipped by another former Chelsea boss in the shape of , who .

In a study by Live Football Tickets , they took into consideration factors such as the ‘golden ratio’ – aka mathematical facial symmetry – plus height, age and managerial success to create their ‘final attractiveness scores’ out of ten.

Tuchel’s facial symmetry may be lower than other rival bosses, despite a “sharp jawline”, but his height – 6ft 3ins – and 75 per cent win ratio earned him a score of 8.43.

That was narrowly beaten by his Stamford Bridge successor Potter on 8.51.

Australia manager Tony Popovic – the tallest gaffer at the at 6ft 4ins – came in second on 8.99.

However, the winning score of 9.30 was for Algeria’s “heart-throb” 62-year-old boss Vladimir Petkovic – who boasts a 62.25 per cent golden ratio, is 6ft 2ins tall and has a 74 per cent win rate.

Algeria manager Vladimir Petkovic claimed the crown Credit: AFP Emerse Fae ranked in fifth on the list Credit: AP

Tuchel pipped Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast, 8.37), Julen Lopetegui (Qatar, 8.32) and even Julian Nagelsmann (Germany, 8.29).

The rest of the top ten was completed by Ronald Koeman (Holland, 8.24), Murat Yakin (Switzerland, 8.23) and Thomas Christiansen (Panama, 7.89).

It is bad news for one former Manchester United boss, though, as Austria chief ranked 34th on 6.53.

Meanwhile, other former Chelsea gaffers Carlo Ancelotti (Brazil, 6.95, 27th) and Mauricio Pochettino (USA, 6.67, 30th) sandwiched Didier Deschamps (France, 6.82, 28th) and Steve Clarke (Scotland, 6.68, 29th).

Mauricio Pochettino ranked down at 30th Credit: Getty Carlo Ancelotti is a verified silver fox Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Ralf Rangnick came 34th in the rankings Credit: Getty New Zealand chief Darren Bazeley got the unfortunate wooden spoon Credit: Getty

Ex-Leeds duo Marcelo Bielsa (Uruguay, 5.04) and Jesse Marsch (Canada, 4.94) were 44th and 45th respectively – with Dick Advocaat, who returned to his Curacao job, in 39th on 5.92.

But spare a thought for poor New Zealand manager Darren Bazeley who may well have a chip on his shoulder and a point to prove at the World Cup after ranking last in 48th with a score of just 4.31.