Lee Carsley appointed as England men’s interim head coach

As a participant, the Birmingham-born midfielder made 340 prime flight appearances and gained 40 caps for Republic of Eire together with taking part in on the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Carsley mentioned: “It’s an honour to step up and lead this England squad on an interim foundation. As I’m very accustomed to the gamers and the cycle of worldwide soccer, it is smart for me to information the crew whereas the FA continues the method to recruit a brand new supervisor. My essential precedence is to make sure continuity and our objective is to safe promotion within the UEFA Nations League.”

Mark Bullingham, FA CEO, mentioned: “Lee is a improbable coach who’s well-known to nearly all of our present senior squad having labored with most at worldwide or membership degree. He affords us a really robust interim answer and we’re assured he’ll carry out nicely within the UEFA Nations League video games forward. We’re grateful to Lee for stepping as much as handle the crew whereas we proceed with our recruitment course of.”

In Carsley’s absence, Ben Futcher will take cost of the MU21s for September’s forthcoming 2025 U21 EURO qualifiers, with respective backroom groups for each squads to be confirmed in the end.

England are in UEFA Nations League B Group 2 alongside Finland, Greece and Republic of Eire.

Tickets at the moment are on sale right here for England v Finland at Wembley Stadium related by EE on Tuesday 10 September (7.45pm kick-off). All different fixture particulars may be discovered right here.