Lee Carsley ignites England overseas supervisor debate with ‘positively not’ stance

Lee Carsley has told FA bosses not to rule out appointing a foreigner as the next England manager.

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham is keen to give the job to a homegrown manager, in the hope he can continue the success Gareth Southgate had. Carsley has been made interim boss – and has two more games to state his case for getting the job on a permanent basis.

But Carsley doesn’t believe the next manager has to be English. Sven-Goran Eriksson became the team’s first non-English boss when he was appointed in 2001. But the Swede was sacked in 2006 following a host of off-field controversies.

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Italian Fabio Capello took charge in 2007, but his reign proved disastrous. Capello oversaw a woeful World Cup campaign in 2010, before resigning in 2012 following a bust-up with the FA over their request to axe John Terry as captain following accusations of racial abuse.

The FA are expected to make a decision following next month’s international games. And Carsley has urged them to cast the net far and wide, in a bid to get the best man for the job.

Thomas Tuchel is one name being linked with the job and Carsley said: “No, definitely not (candidate has to be English). It’s important that the best candidate gets the job.

“We’ve seen in the past that we’ve had different nationalities coach the teams, so the best candidate should get the job. 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 any job that’s available, you know, everyone that’s at that level should apply for it.”