The German coach has adopted a no-nonsense approach in his first camp as Three Lions boss and the midfielder believes that it could be the "kick up the a***" needed to end the national team's long wait for silverware at next year's World Cup.

Rice said: "I think you need that. You can’t be comfortable. This is top-level international football.

"Me personally, I would rather be told that by the manager than it be hidden. I would rather that, because then it’s going to give me a kick up the a***.

"It depends on the player. For me, of course, you’d think, ‘Alright’. But also it would, for me personally, spur me on to want to do even better.

"Even with the manager, working with him this week, he isn’t going to take any nonsense. He knows that he’s here to win the World Cup.

"That’s what we want to do as a group. And to do that, you need to push everyone, and you need to be uncomfortable.

"And if you’re too comfortable, you’re not going to get anywhere. And I think he knows that. So I think how he’s been with us this week, this week has been really, really positive.

"As a group that’s the next step we can take in terms of getting over the line, being uncomfortable with each, pushing each other to the max to get the most out of each other."

Rice is confident that Tuchel will be the coach to finally guide England over the line in a major tournament after agonising near-misses under Gareth Southgate.

He said: "You only get one career and we’ve already lost two finals. We are all getting older. We’ve got a World Cup to come, a Euros and the quality in the group is there.

"It’s just about getting over the line and getting that first one and I have full belief in Thomas and in the group that we can definitely achieve good things. But we need to keep working."