England interim manager Lee Carsley has said he has not spoken to permanent head coach-to-be Thomas Tuchel in person since it was announced he would take over last month. (More Football News)
Carsley is scheduled to take England's Nations League games against Greece and Republic of Ireland before he returns to the Under-21s and Tuchel takes the job in January.
He said they had only exchanged text messages up to now, but was unconcerned that they were yet to see each other in the flesh.
바카라I think it바카라s quite clear in terms of the starting date,바카라 Carsley told a press conference
바카라It was more of a text message to him, which was 바카라congratulations바카라 and he said 바카라good luck for the window and look forward to meeting up바카라.
바카라He is fully respectful that I am in charge at the moment, that is the priority. I do not feel hard done by or shunned.
바카라If anything I look forward to hopefully create a situation where we can hand over a healthy squad of players to the new coach and his squad.바카라
Carsley had raised eyebrows in the previous international break by struggling to give a straight answer when asked if he wanted the job permanently.
Tuchel had signed the contract two days before England were beaten by Greece at Wembley, but Carsley said that he was unaware of that at the time.
바카라My focus was massively on the games, on the camp. In terms of my position, I바카라m really comfortable with the way that it was handled," he said
바카라I didn바카라t feel undermined or anything like that. If anything I felt really well supported.
바카라So in terms of the Greece performance there is definitely not an excuse or that I knew something or I didn바카라t. In respect to the performance it was down to me.바카라
