Marc Guehi thanks Lee Carsley for playing key role in his England rise

Guehi shone astatine Euro 2024 this summertime arsenic England reached the final, with the defender named successful the squad of the tournament.

Interim Three Lions brag Carsley managed the Crystal Palace defender astatine Under-21 level and made him skipper earlier his archetypal call-up to the elder broadside successful 2022.

And Guehi has paid tribute to Carsley for helping him make into the subordinate helium is today, saying: “It’s ever breathtaking to play for Lee, he’s decidedly idiosyncratic I respect a lot, idiosyncratic who I person a batch of admiration for.

“What he’s done for maine arsenic a player, however he’s helped maine successful the younger ages, and helped maine improve.

“That’s due to the fact that of him, that I was capable to marque that measurement up to the seniors arsenic well. So it’s been fantastic.”

Carsley is acceptable to bring Guehi backmost into the England squad for their Nations League clash with Finland connected Sunday aft leaving him connected the seat for Thursday’s shock 2-1 decision by Greece successful favour of Levi Colwill.

And connected the accrued spotlight connected England pursuing that loss, Guehi added: “The scrutiny I don’t wage excessively overmuch attraction to, conscionable due to the fact that I’m not alert excessively overmuch of it.

“I cognize we person standards for ourselves successful the camp, and we effort to acceptable those for ourselves.

“I deliberation it’s important that we enactment things into perspective. There are loads of elder players successful the team, and players successful the squad person dealt with defeats and hard moments, truthful I deliberation everyone’s conscionable riding unneurotic and making definite that time we tin spell and get a reaction.”