THOMAS TUCHEL is convinced England are on the right track ahead of the World Cup but stressed there can be no complacency about qualification as they seek to take “another step” in Serbia on Tuesday.

The back-to-back European Championship runners-up are among the favourites to win next summer’s tournament and on course to qualify, having won their first four Group K matches without conceding.

Saturday’s 2-0 win against minnows Andorra was the latest in that run, with Elliot Anderson named man of the match after impressing on his England debut at Villa Park.

Tuchel says other players have the chance to break into the squad right up until next May, but he is not taking qualification for granted as attention turns to Tuesday’s tough trip to Serbia.

“It’s always a possibility,” the England boss said. “If you show the quality and the attitude in your club, you have always [a chance]. The door is always open for young players, old players, whatever. Every age.

“If the quality is right, the mentality is right and if it’s a fit to our squad, everyone has the chance until the last day.

“The thing is I know the focus, like the goal, is the World Cup, but the goal right now is the qualification first.

“We always think we are already qualified and we are not, so we are first in the group and we have to make another step on Tuesday.

“We want to make another step on Tuesday and this is where the focus is at the moment.”

The trip to the cavernous Rajko Mitic Stadium is set to be England’s toughest group assignment, with Tuchel ready to face some top players and a hostile atmosphere in Belgrade.

The German coach is also expecting to have to break down a low block in Serbia as they had to against Andorra, who restricted the hosts to a Declan Rice header after Christian Garcia’s own goal.

But Tuchel saw more positives than negatives in Birmingham, with England performing better than in June’s unconvincing 1-0 win in the reverse fixture and the 3-1 home friendly loss to Senegal.

“We’re getting there,” the England boss said. “We’re getting there. It was a lot of learning, for me also. International football so different from club football, but we’re getting there.”