Three wins in four games has been a strong start for the Young Lions boss, but a shock loss to Greece, rival candidates and questions about his desire for the role paint a conflicted picture.

Lee Carsley has seemingly ruled himself out of the England job, but Gary Lineker believes the U21s boss is not being entirely truthful.

LEE CARSLEY is reportedly set to stay on as England interim manager despite Thomas Tuchel arriving. The German has is believed to have signed his contract to become the third foreign boss of the

An image that has clung to Lee Carsley, however cruelly, is of an overpromoted PE master parachuted into an office whose status and symbolism he neither understands nor reveres. In five weeks, he has made his six-game audition to become England’s next long-term manager look less like a chance to be embraced than an ordeal to be endured.

Carsley is determined to leave the Three Lions in ‘a better place’ and conceded he is not in his ‘comfort zone’ after rebounding from defeat to Greece with victory against Finland

Poor Lee Carsley. Whatever responsibilities he volunteered to undertake with the national team, he would not have anticipated a game of cat and mouse with the media. He would have been better prepared having done a season on Strictly Come Dancing, where quick feet and changes of direction are meat and drink to participants.

With interim head coach Lee Carsley not being drawn on the permanent England manager job, BBC Sport looks at what happens next.

Lee Carsley remains in interim charge of the England national team for the time being but it is still unclear as to whether he wants the job permanently.The FA are yet to appoint a permanent