Next England manager: Gary Lineker reveals what he’s ‘heard’ about FA search for permanent boss

Former England striker Gary Lineker has “heard” that the Football Association have now “sound out coaches” to succeed Gareth Southgate.

The Football Association turned to England Under-21 coach Lee Carsley for autumn’s Nations League fixtures as they bought themselves time to find Southgate’s successor. After losing a second successive European Championship final.

Thomas Tuchel is another favourite with the bookmakers for a job that Birmingham-born former Republic of Ireland international Carsley says deserves a world-class coach that has won trophies.

Ask if whoever eventually gets the England job has English, Carsley said on Sunday: “No, definitely not. I think it’s important that the best candidate gets the job.

“We’ve seen in the past that we’ve had different nationalities coach the team. The best candidate should get the job.

“I think we’d be putting ourselves in a corner if we didn’t, and we didn’t open our minds a bit.

“I think it’s important that https://ufabet999.app any job that’s available, you know. Everyone that’s at that level should apply for it.” “I don’t know, because it seems a little bit defeatist. “They need a winning coach”, I mean, look at the two teams who have just won international tournaments.

“Spain didn’t have a guy who had won trophies before, certainly not in league football, Lee Carsley has won [the European Championship with England U21s].

“So he has won a trophy, but he’s talking about club sides. I wonder whether they have been sounding out people and he’s found out and he just doesn’t believe he is going to get the job.”