Roy Keane insists Thomas Tuchel ‘doesn’t have a clue’ what his best England XI is

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Roy Keane believes England manager Thomas Tuchel does not know his best XI despite the Three Lions topping their World Cup group with victory over Panama on Saturday.

Tuchel’s side were underwhelming in a goalless first half in New Jersey before Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane found the back of the net to secure first place and a last-32 match in Atlanta on Wednesday.

The England boss made five changes from the team who drew against Ghana, with the injured Reece James making way for Jarrell Quansah, who also picked up a knock.

Other inclusions were Morgan Rogers, Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford as Tuchel changed his forward line, bar Kane.

“I don’t think he has a clue what his best XI is,” ex-Ireland and Man Utd captain Keane told ITV.

“That’s not good. Defensively, he’s chopping and changing. It’s not just the wide players… other positions.

“The onus is on the attacking positions. There are too many England players not doing enough. Too many question marks where it’s a toss of a coin [for selection]. These lads don’t do it.”

Bellingham, however, was more optimistic after scoring his second goal of the tournament.

“First job achieved,” he said. “We came here to do it in sections. We got through the pre-camp games, and we’ve done the first objective: to top the group.

Thomas Tuchel made five changes to the England XI which beat Panama (Getty)

“We knew what level we wanted to achieve, we did that in the second half.”

On whether he preferred his goal or assist for Kane, the Real Madrid midfielder replied: “The assist. Good combination of play, to give it to Harry again.

“Everything he deserves, you see the effort he puts in as a captain, his quality speaks for itself.”

Kane became England’s all-time leading goalscorer in World Cups with 11, overtaking Gary Lineker.

England will face Senegal, DR Congo, Algeria or Austria in the last-32 on Wednesday at 5pm BST.