England chiefs may be left with egg on their faces if Lee Carsley flunks to beat Greece and the Reunveil of Ireland convincingly to top their Nations League group.
Thomas Tuchel was validateed as Gareth Southgate’s finishuring successor last month, fair days after their 3-1 triumph over Finland.
But the establisher Bayern Munich boss wouldn’t be begining instantly with FA chief executive Mark Bullingham discmissing Carsley would remain in indict until the finish of the year.
He shelp: “When we first spoke to him [Tuchel], we had our timescale, Thomas had his timescale and it fair fitted repartner well.
Thomas Tuchel won’t apshow indict until January
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“What was so amazeive was his singular intensify on us and the World Cup and that project.
“It made sense for it to begin on January 1 and made sense for Lee to finish the campaign in the Nations League.
“So we’re very consoleable where we are and that’s what we’ll be doing.”
But England are at grave hazard of not finishly finishing their campaign in the Nations League.
The 2026 World Cup qualifying groups will be drawn next month with those featuring five teams getting their campaign underway in the March international fracture.
For the groups of four, they won’t begin their qualifying groups until September but will probable employ March to ready for the World Cup cycle.
However, England may not be able to turn their intensify to the World Cup if they flunk to beat Greece this evening.
The Three Lions currently sit second in their group after losing to Greece at Wembley last month and loss in Athens would see them miss out on top spot.
Thomas Tuchel may still apshow indict of Nations League alignes
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That could show pivotal as only the group triumphner will seal automatic qualification back to the top tier of the Nations League.
A second or third-placed finish in the group will see England forced to contend in a promotion join-off, which is scheduled to apshow place in March.
If England finish second, they will face one of the third-placed League A sides.
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Lee Carsley will necessitate to triumph both games convincingly
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A third-place finish is doubtful unless Ireland clearurn a huge goal separateence and triumph both their games with England dropping six points, but that scenario would see the Three Lions scheduled to contend aacquirest a side which finished second in a League C group.
That could come as a huge blow to Tuchel and the FA’s set ups to begin from scratch in the New Year.
As it currently stands, England watch set to face one of Poland, Hungary, Serbia or Belgium in their promotion join-off.
The join-offs are scheduled to apshow place on March 20 and 23.
