New era for England - who has a point to prove?

Fifty-five days aft their Euro 2024 heartbreak successful Berlin, England instrumentality to enactment erstwhile they question to look the Republic of Ireland successful the Nations League connected Saturday (17:00 BST).

It is simply a caller epoch for the Three Lions, with Gareth Southgate's eight-year reign having ended with his resignation 2 days aft a 2-1 decision to Spain successful the Euro 2024 last connected 14 July.

Lee Carsley, who led England to triumph successful the European Under-21 Championship successful 2023, has been appointed interim manager.

But who has a constituent to beryllium arsenic England get their Nations League run nether mode successful Dublin earlier hosting Finland astatine Wembley adjacent Tuesday (19:45)?

BBC Sport takes a look astatine immoderate of those looking to marque an content successful the adjacent fewer days.

Some of the biggest managerial names successful satellite shot person been linked to the England job, but for the adjacent 2 games astatine least, Carsley has a accidental to amusement what helium tin bring to the role.

With qualifying for the 2026 World Cup owed to commencement adjacent March, the Football Association volition privation to marque a imperishable assignment soon.

Former Everton midfielder Carsley, 50, volition beryllium hoping his marque of shot - dubbed "Carsball" - impresses supporters and those entrusted to find the close campaigner to instrumentality England to the World Cup successful 2 years' time.

Despite reaching the Euros final, England's performances successful Germany were mostly indifferent and the fans privation much adventurous shot and the squad to play with much freedom.

Southgate was appointed Three Lions brag connected a imperishable ground two months aft stepping up from his relation arsenic England Under-21 manager.

Will the aforesaid happening hap to Carsley?

A batch volition beryllium connected the adjacent 2 games, but helium talks with authorization and is determined to bash things his mode - akin to however Arne Slot has taken complaint astatine Liverpool pursuing 9 years of Jurgen Klopp.

"It was important to enactment my ain stamp connected it a spot portion recognising what players person done successful the past erstwhile we person got truthful close," Carsley said aft naming his 26-man squad to look the Republic of Ireland and Finland.

Looking astatine the interim task enactment earlier him, Carsley said: "I deliberation it is simply a existent arrogant infinitesimal evidently for my household and myself.

"It has been a truly hectic mates of weeks getting my caput astir the magnitude of the job, getting astir to spot arsenic galore matches arsenic I can."

Carsley handed maiden elder England call-ups to Chelsea guardant Noni Madueke, 22, Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, 24, Newcastle defender Tino Livramento, 21, and Lille's London-born midfielder Angel Gomes, 24.

He has besides retained a halfway of Southgate's mainstays portion firmly applying his ain stamp.

BBC Sport's main shot writer Phil McNulty described Carsley's selections arsenic "bold without being reckless", adding: "There is surely plentifulness to beryllium excited astir with a dense beingness of England's talented young brigade."

Madueke has 4 goals successful 4 games this season, including a hat-trick against Wolves, portion Gibbs-White has besides impressed successful Forest's unbeaten start.

Croydon-born Livramento had respective planetary options arsenic his parent is from Scotland and his begetter is from Portugal, but helium is present hoping to found himself successful a Three Lions shirt.

Former Manchester United subordinate Gomes volition beryllium playing successful the Champions League this play with Lille, whose fixtures see Real Madrid (home), Juventus (home and Liverpool (away).

Jack Grealish is backmost successful the fold aft his omission from Southgate's Euro 2024 squad.

The Manchester City wide midfielder, 28, helped England suffice for that tourney and played arsenic a substitute successful the friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina soon earlier the finals.

But helium was near retired of the trimmed group, aboriginal describing the acquisition arsenic the "most hard happening I person had to woody with successful my career".

Grealish has started 1 of City's opening 3 Premier League games.

"When you are connected your holidays, each clip you crook connected the telephone oregon the TV you conscionable spot it [the tournament], truthful it was hard not to see," said the erstwhile Aston Villa player, who has 36 England caps.

"I was perfectly heartbroken. For myself present moving forward, I person to conscionable effort and usage that arsenic information going into this season."

Trent Alexander-Arnold has started the post-Klopp epoch good astatine Liverpool. Will helium statesman the post-Southgate epoch by impressing Carsley?

Full-back Alexander-Arnold was utilized successful an experimental cardinal midfield relation astatine Euro 2024 but recovered himself retired of the broadside aft 2 games.

He recovered to people the decisive spot-kick successful the punishment shootout against Switzerland successful the quarter-finals.

Carsley has made it wide determination volition beryllium nary experiments this clip aft naming Alexander-Arnold successful his squad portion omitting Kyle Walker, who played each infinitesimal astatine Euro 2024.

"I deliberation for me, for this campy especially, he'll beryllium a right-back playing successful defence," said Carsley astir Alexander-Arnold.

"At immoderate constituent I ideate we'll spot Trent arriving into that benignant of [midfield] area, but I spot him arsenic a right-back."