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.

Lee Carsley Keeps an Open MindLee Carsley, the current interim England manager, believes that the national team deserves a “world-class coach” to lead them forward.

Lee Carsley thinks England should appoint a “world-class coach” - but won't say if he wants it to be him and the FA isn't saying either