Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich head coach was installed as the 4/7 ON favourite with Ladbrokes and Coral to take the permanent position but he has drifted out to 13/8 with William Hill while Pep is 5/1 with Betfred and Carsley is as big as 8/1 with bet365.

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

Reports of contact with Tuchel emerged from Germany last week but were played down by many in the English media through several claims that no talks had been held with any candida