England: Lee Carsley sends World Cup message to Thomas Tuchel as interim spell ends

The German was named arsenic Gareth Southgate's imperishable successor successful October connected an 18-month contract, with a wide remit to triumph the World Cup successful Canada, the USA and Mexico.

Carsley, who has blooded a raft of young players this autumn and adopted a front-foot approach, believes England person the players to beryllium satellite champions again.

"I deliberation we are successful a bully presumption to [win the World Cup], I deliberation we person the endowment to bash it," the erstwhile Everton midfielder said.

"I person been fortunate present to beryllium astatine the past mates of World Cups and the timing of the players being successful form, physically and mentally, astatine the close time, picking the close squad [are important]. We person got each of the tools. We conscionable request to play them successful order."

Across 3 camps, Carsley handed afloat planetary debuts to 8 players, including Tino Livramento, Lewis Hall and Taylor Hardwood-Bellis against Ireland, and recalled Dominic Solanke aft a seven-year absence. He besides made the likes of Rico Lewis and Anthony Gordon regulars aft bit-part roles nether Southgate.

"They person decidedly earned the close to beryllium there," said Carsley, who insisted helium is "really content" to instrumentality to his occupation arsenic Under-21s boss.

"I accidental it has been easier for myself arsenic I cognize them truthful well, truthful I did not spot it arsenic specified a gamble. The biggest happening astir what you announcement astir these young players is their mentality. Any situation you enactment successful beforehand of them is not excessively large that they tin produce.

"We person seen that and the situation is to get backmost [into the squad] successful March. Thomas’ excavation of players has accrued truthful we person near the squad successful a fantastic position.

We person specified attacking endowment successful this radical of players that I felt the champion mode is to onslaught and we person shown that you power games

Lee Carsley

"It is each astir the players and they person enactment themselves successful a presumption wherever they tin situation each other."

Southgate's oversaw tremendous advancement during 8 years successful complaint but was criticised for his often-conservative benignant of play.

Carsley's broadside aimed for much power of possession, albeit against second-tier Nations League sides, and helium believes England person shown they tin triumph portion playing progressive football.

"I privation to attack," helium said. "And I deliberation you mightiness person seen maine play and I was rather antiaircraft and rather negative. I did not privation to manager similar that.

"I deliberation we person specified attacking endowment successful this radical of players that I felt the champion mode is to onslaught and we person shown that you power games. It is just to accidental the challenges volition beryllium much hard successful the 18 months successful presumption of if we are going to triumph the World Cup.

"We person shown we tin bash it. I accidental astatine the commencement of this we would accidental I person conscionable done thing that was expected successful presumption of getting qualified from this radical but we person to instrumentality a batch of positives from it.

"We person fixed the lads a batch of opportunities and the astir pleasing is that they person shown everyone what they tin do."

Accommodating Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka and Jude Bellingham, arsenic good arsenic perchance Gordon, remains a conundrum for Tuchel aft Carsley's failed experimentation with playing each 5 - but nary recognised centre-forward - successful the 2-1 location decision to Greece past month.

Carsley said helium "did not person capable time" to enactment connected his crippled program but suggested that Tuchel could prime his No.10 based connected form.

"I deliberation the champion accidental of america winning is if we tin find a spot [for them]," Carsley said. "You saw the Greece crippled astatine home, I tried that. So it is simply a challenge. It needs work. It’s 1 happening you don't get with the planetary camps is time. So we conscionable person to find that balance.

"If they’re each successful signifier astatine precisely the aforesaid clip past it’s a challenge, but players bash travel successful and retired of signifier and it’s putting them successful the squad erstwhile they’re flying and resting them erstwhile they’re not.”