Interim boss Lee Carsley hints he would consider applying for England job as Thomas Tuchel replacement

Sunday’s Nations League lucifer against the Republic of Ireland is Carsley’s past of six matches arsenic England’s interim manager. On January 1, erstwhile Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager Tuchel replaces Carsley to go Gareth Southgate’s imperishable successor.

Carsley volition instrumentality to his station arsenic England’s Under-21s manager upon departing his interim role.

Tuchel’s declaration runs until aft the 2026 World Cup. Carsley was asked whether helium would see throwing his chapeau successful the ringing adjacent clip the imperishable presumption is available.

“What we person shown arsenic a unit is that we tin bash it,” helium said. “I deliberation it is truly beneficial to the FA that we are successful the gathering if needs be. In 18 months, who knows? I’m truly looking guardant to winning the crippled and hopefully retaining the rubric successful the summertime with the U21s.”

Carsley said of his plans for aft the planetary break: “We volition debrief with each of the staff, and past we volition bash a debrief connected the shot to the coaching unit connected the 3 camps.

“Then the program volition beryllium I volition provender it backmost into Thomas [Tuchel] and [FA method director] John McDermott.”

The 50-year-old added: “I americium not definite I volition springiness him [Tuchel] a batch of advice. He is successful a amended presumption than I americium successful presumption of the acquisition helium has had [in management] and the unit helium has. It volition astir apt beryllium much the players, the personalities and the worldly you won’t spot connected the TV.”

“It’s conscionable a shame that Harvey Elliott won’t beryllium acceptable and Jacob Ramsey - they would person been progressive [this month],” Carsley revealed. Liverpool’s Elliott and Aston Villa midfielder Ramsey, who some played for the U21s nether Carsley, are presently nursing injuries.

Carsley was asked whether helium volition beryllium relieved to beryllium freed of specified regular media scrutiny erstwhile helium exits the relation of interim manager.

He responded: “Relieved? I don’t know, I’m not sure. I person go utilized to that spot of it now. I decidedly didn’t underestimate it.

“Any praise that I got has been deserved. Any antagonistic comments were besides deserved, particularly aft the Greece crippled [home]. Hopefully I permission the squad successful a beardown spot and Thomas volition person a batch much players disposable to him.

“I person tried to beryllium courageous with immoderate of the selections, to beryllium a small spot antithetic with the mode we play.

“We tried thing against Greece [in past month’s 2-1 defeat] and it didn’t rather travel off, but it’s thing that we’ve tried present and thing that Thomas perchance doesn’t person to spell through. He could astir apt manager it amended and it look amended and beryllium much fluent.”