After losing to Spain in the final of the European Championship (2:1), the England football team was left without a coach - Gareth Southgate decided to retire after leading Albion for eight years.
With Southgate on the bench, England played twice in the final of the European Championship, while in Russia in 2018 they won fourth place at the World Championship.
Following Southgate's departure, the FA appointed Lee Carsley as interim manager. The former player of Derby, Blackburn, Coventry and Birmingham is also the selector of the young football team with which he won the European Championship last year, which was held in Romania and Georgia.
With Carsley on the bench, England headed into the new edition of Nations League B. After two September triumphs over the Republic of Ireland (2:0) and Finland (2:0), there followed a shock and defeat against Greece, a few days ago at "Wembley" - 2:1. The impression was repaired last night, with a triumph in Helsinki over Finland (3:1), and after the match, Carsley spoke about the position of the Albion coach.
"This job deserves a first-class coach who has won trophies, full of experience, and I'm on my way to that," said Carsley after the game with Finland.
After this statement, the public on the Island, as well as the media, again started the story about the election of a new coach. Karsli is a temporary solution, but Sky writes that it is interesting that the Association has not yet started looking for a coach or even offered Karsli a contract.
Therefore, the English public started bidding this morning, and there are several names in circulation, which were potential candidates before, at least in the press and on portals.
One of them is Pep Guardiola, who has been working at Manchester City for years and is one of the best managers in the world. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach's contract with City expires at the end of the season, and he has not yet decided whether to extend it. On the other hand, Manchester United legend Roy Keane believes that Guardiola would be the ideal solution for Albion's coach.
"The most important thing is for England to find the right man. The FA must try and find the best. Hire Pep Guardiola. His contract expires in the summer," Keane said.
And a few days ago, Guardiola did not want to talk to the Italian media about his future at City.
"I haven't decided anything. Anything can happen. I need to think and decide what I want to do," the Spaniard, who once said that he would like to be a coach, remained enigmatic.
And besides Guardiola and Carsley, there are several other names in circulation - Eddie Howe, Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter.
Just a few days ago, Tuhel appeared in public as a potential candidate. The news was published by the German "Bild" in the days when the public was moving the German coach to the bench of Manchester United instead of Erik ten Haag.
Tuchel has been out of work since March when he parted ways with Bayern Munich. He managed Mainz, Borussia Dortmund, PSG, and in the Premier League he was the manager of Chelsea, with whom he won the Champions League in 2021.
When it comes to Potter, he also managed Chelsea, and in the Premier League he was the manager of Brighton, and on the Island he also managed Swansea. It was his job in Brighton that recommended him to Chelsea, where he did not have good results, so he left the Blues bench on April 2, 2023.
Eddie Howe, who won the Championship with Bournemouth in 2015, is on the list. The public on the Island consider Howe to be one of England's most talented managers. He has been the manager of Newcastle for three years.
What is certain is that Carsley will lead England in the November League of Nations matches against the Republic of Ireland and Greece. And in the World Cup qualifiers, maybe it could be someone else.
If he is a foreigner, it will be the first time since Fabio Capello that there is no expert from the Island sitting on the Albion bench.
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