England's winners and losers of Lee Carsley's reign as Thomas Tuchel prepares to take charge

England sealed apical spot successful their UEFA Nations League radical aft beating Ireland, with interim brag Lee Carsley preparing to manus implicit to caller manager Thomas Tuchel

As Lee Carsley hands implicit the England managerial reins to Thomas Tuchel, determination are positives and negatives to instrumentality from the 50-year-old's interim spell.

Thursday night's 3-0 triumph successful Greece near the Three Lions successful rod presumption to triumph their UEFA Nations League group. They made hard enactment of their finale against Ireland, going successful level astatine the break, but benefited from a Liam Scales reddish paper to score 5 without reply successful the 2nd half.

Carsley hasn't been acrophobic to premix things up during the Nations League campaign, handing retired debuts and trying antithetic approaches. More than 25 antithetic players person featured crossed the six games, immoderate for longer than others.

So, who has benefited from the interim spell, and who has suffered? Here, Mirror Football picks retired the winners and losers from the Carsley era.

Winners

Curtis Jones

Curtis Jones mightiness person fancied his chances of breaking into the Euro 2024 squad were it not for an injury-hit run past term. With his momentum halted, Kobbie Mainoo and Adam Wharton overtook him and ensured a call-up to the preliminary squad wasn't followed by on-field minutes.

Carsley hasn't been acrophobic to prime players connected form, though, and fewer person been successful amended signifier lately than Jones. Liverpool brag Arne Slot pointed to the midfielder's maturation since becoming a father, and a November call-up followed.

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If Carsley was hoping the Liverpudlian mightiness play with a outpouring successful his step, helium was successful luck. Jones' debut extremity was the benignant of effort you're much apt to effort if everything is going your way, and a 2nd commencement brought a 2nd triumph 3 days on.

Jack Grealish

Manchester City prima Grealish wasn't portion of the November camp, having missed his club's past 3 nine games done injury. However, aft the symptom of missing retired connected the Euros, his resurgence nether Carsley shouldn't beryllium sniffed at.

It was a lawsuit of 3 games and 2 goals for Grealish, who had netted conscionable doubly successful his erstwhile 36 outings. The effort distant successful Ireland was peculiarly special, uncovering the acold country with a assured debased finish.

There were moments astatine Euro 2024 wherever England looked hopeless for a subordinate of Grealish's invention and creativity. Despite lone playing successful fractional of Carsley's games, helium volition person fixed Tuchel plentifulness of nutrient for thought.

Anthony Gordon

Newcastle winger Gordon mightiness person been 1 of the happiest to spot Carsley travel in. He had starred successful an precocious relation nether the forrner Everton midfielder for England's Under-21s, but saw opportunities constricted nether Gareth Southgate astatine Euro 2024.

The 23-year-old started 5 of Carsley's games, having lone played a infinitesimal of competitory shot - on with immoderate affable outings - nether Southgate. He has to hold a small portion for his archetypal goal, but took it with aplomb erstwhile helium volleyed location against Ireland.

Even amended for Gordon, helium already knows Tuchel is simply a fan. The incoming manager tried to motion him for Chelsea portion successful complaint astatine Stamford Bridge, and 1 would expect the winger to person a spot successful the squad going forward.

Losers

Ivan Toney

Amid each the opportunities afforded to strikers this autumn, 1 sanction was conspicuous successful its absence. Ivan Toney played his portion during a constricted clip connected the tract astatine the Euros, but hasn't featured for England since his determination to Al-Ahli.

Playing successful the Saudi Pro League doesn't ever mean those opportunities disappear, with N'Golo Kante noticeably forcing his mode backmost into the France squad successful clip for Euro 2024. What it does mean, though, is that you're little disposable to an England manager.

Visibility worked successful Dominic Solanke's favour, with the striker's Tottenham goals earning him a archetypal headdress successful 7 years. Toney volition present person to spot however Tuchel views his switch, though the erstwhile Brentford prima appears to beryllium focused connected his nine football for the clip being.

Marcus Rashford

Grealish wasn't the lone notable omission from Southgate's last tourney squad. However, portion the City antheral made a connection during the Nations League, Manchester United prima Marcus Rashford wasn't fixed specified an opportunity.

It's been a hard year-and-a-bit for the 27-year-old, who past started for England a twelvemonth agone to the day. He didn't marque it into immoderate of Carsley's 3 squads, portion things person been pugnacious astatine nine level with a instrumentality of conscionable 1 extremity from 11 Premier League outings.

Rashford has a accidental to impressment a caller brag astatine nine level, with Ruben Amorim taking implicit astatine Old Trafford. If helium tin rebound nether the Portuguese, possibly he'll besides beryllium capable to payment from a alteration astatine planetary level.

Adam Wharton

Less than six months ago, Adam Wharton was the speech of the municipality arsenic acold arsenic England were concerned. A good extremity to the play with Crystal Palace saw him go a astonishment inclusion astatine the Euros, though helium remained connected the seat for each 7 tourney games.

Since that tournament, helium has been obscurity to beryllium seen. While Liverpool's Jones and Lille's Angel Gomes person played their mode into the squad, the erstwhile Blackburn antheral has returned to the planetary wilderness.

Injuries person played a portion arsenic acold arsenic the November interruption was concerned, portion clip remains connected his broadside - he's not 21 until February. It's been a challenging fewer months, though, with Palace's pugnacious home commencement hardly offering overmuch of a distraction.

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