Lee Carsley reveals incoming England boss Thomas Tuchel hasn’t said a word to him and knew NOTHING about appointment

LEE CARSLEY is yet to talk to caller England manager Thomas Tuchel.

Interim brag Carsley named his squad for next week’s Nations League games against Greece and the Republic of Ireland.

Yet bizarrely, Tuchel — who was named arsenic Three Lions brag past period and will instrumentality implicit connected January 1 — has NOT had a speech with the antheral helium volition replace.

Carsley said: “I sent a text  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 at  the moment.

“That is the priority. I bash not consciousness hard done by  oregon shunned.

“If thing I look guardant to hopefully creating a concern wherever we tin manus implicit a healthy squad of players to the caller coach.”

Carsley stressed Tuchel’s awesome CV, having won the Champions League with Chelsea and league titles with Paris Saint-Germain, is simply a immense benefit.

He said: “A way grounds of winning was decidedly successful the occupation description.

“The information we person got that idiosyncratic truly helps due to the fact that determination is going to beryllium a signifier during the adjacent 18 months wherever that acquisition is going to beryllium crucial, successful those large moments successful the large games.

“I americium not saying we did not person that successful the past but having that successful the locker, that helium has done that, decidedly helps.”

England question to Greece connected Thursday and the Three Lions are astatine location to the Republic of Ireland 3 days later.

Carsley has handed archetypal call-ups to Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Newcastle full-back Lewis Hall.

He volition beryllium hoping the squad repairs the harm from last month’s daze 2-1 location decision by the Greeks erstwhile England started without a recognised striker.

Asked whether helium picked this squad with Tuchel successful mind, Carsley answered: “No. I americium rather selfish successful that respect. I picked the squad which I deliberation tin bushed Greece and the Republic of Ireland. I decidedly privation to attack.

“It was a truly pugnacious nighttime aft Greece. I americium not definite what I would person changed. I cognize you are saying ‘just play a centre-forward’ but I wanted to effort thing different.

“I person tried to prime players I deliberation person a aboriginal successful presumption of longevity arsenic the World Cup is 18 months distant and the much players we person to prime from, who person been successful the campy and played successful a pressurised game, is simply a large thing.”