Lee Carsley discloses true nature of Thomas Tuchel talks as England snub downplayed

Lee Carsley volition oversee his last games arsenic England's interim manager adjacent week earlier handing implicit the reigns to Thomas Tuchel, though the Irishman is not bitter astir being snubbed for the apical job

Thomas Tuchel has not spoken to Lee Carsley since taking the England job.

Interim brag Carsley revealed he has swapped substance messages with Tuchel but they person not really had a conversation. Former Chelsea brag Tuchel does not officially commencement until January 1 but astir England fans would find it bizarre that helium has not recovered clip to talk to Carsley.

Carsley will spell backmost to being under-21s boss aft his spell arsenic interim and volition truthful supply the players for England’s aboriginal but could besides supply penetration into existent players.

Carsley said: “I’ve spoken to him by text, but it was virtually to say: ‘congratulations.’ I deliberation with the property league they had, it was rather wide successful presumption of the starting date. It was much of a substance connection to him which was ‘congratulations’.

"And helium said ‘good luck for the model and look guardant to gathering up.’ He is afloat respectful that I americium successful complaint astatine the moment. That is the priority.

“I bash not consciousness hard done by oregon shunned. If thing I look guardant to hopefully make a concern wherever we tin manus implicit a steadfast squad of players to the caller manager and his squad.”

Carsley volition instrumentality complaint of his last 2 games arsenic interim against Greece and Republic of Ireland and admits helium is hopeless to decorativeness apical of the Nations League Group. Former Coventry midfielder Carsley has besides been powerfully linked with the present vacant occupation astatine Coventry aft Mark Robins was sacked.

Carsley is 2nd favourite with the bookies. But Carsley distanced himself from a determination backmost into nine management, arsenic helium admitted helium has enjoyed his clip arsenic a elder boss.

He added: "I deliberation it's just to accidental I've got capable connected my plate. I effort not to instrumentality excessively overmuch announcement of these things. Especially successful the existent position. It's a pugnacious job. It's a existent challenge.

“I’ve truly enjoyed it. It’s been a monolithic honour to person the spot from my bosses astatine the FA and I deliberation we’ve shown we’re susceptible of doing it. My precedence is to marque definite I bash a bully occupation each time and it would beryllium a large accomplishment to decorativeness connected a high.

"We didn’t execute good against Greece past period but responded good successful the 2nd game. I hopefully manus implicit a beardown radical of players susceptible of winning a large tournament. I’ll beryllium backmost with the Under-21s, which includes enactment for the elder team.

“It's made myself and my unit a batch better. The acquisition and accidental we’ve had tin lone help. This has been close retired of the comfortableness portion successful presumption of the quality of the players, magnitude of the games and scrutiny of the job. It’s thing we’re stronger for."

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