Who will be England's next permanent manager?

Three months ago, England were looking for a caller manager.

After Gareth Southgate's resignation, England Under-21s caput manager Lee Carsley was named interim manager, but his hopes of landing the occupation connected a imperishable ground were dented by Thursday's 2-1 decision by Greece successful the Nations League.

When Southgate stepped speech successful July BBC Sport gave you 7 candidates for the job. Former Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp was archetypal prime with 29% of the vote, portion conscionable 7% of voters selected Carsley.

But the managerial scenery has changed since then, with high-profile options similar Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino some taking caller roles.

So who are the contenders to beryllium named England's adjacent imperishable manager?

His chances of getting the occupation permanently whitethorn person been deed astatine Wembley connected Thursday, but Carsley is inactive a frontunner.

He had a 100% triumph grounds successful complaint of the Three Lions earlier decision by Greece and the shot played successful his opening 2 fixtures was easier connected the oculus than it had been nether Southgate.

But his tactics against Greece - wherever helium selected Jude Bellingham arsenic a mendacious 9 and packed the midfield - raised eyebrows.

Carsley has been pressed astir whether helium wants the occupation full-time and seemed to suggest connected Thursday that helium would privation to instrumentality to his relation wrong the Under-21s set-up if helium didn't get the elder job.

"My remit has been wide from the commencement - I'm doing 3 camps," said Carsley.

As it stands, his clip arsenic interim manager is owed to extremity successful November, pursuing games against Greece and the Republic of Ireland successful the Nations League.

The Manchester City brag has made it wide that helium intends connected managing an planetary broadside successful the future.

"I would similar to bid a nationalist squad for a World Cup oregon a European Championship," Guardiola said successful February.

His declaration astatine City expires astatine the extremity of the play and nary announcement has been made astir his future.

City, clearly, are keen to widen his woody but Guardiola's determination could beryllium impacted by manager of shot Txiki Begiristain's decision to measurement down astatine the extremity of the season.

Guardiola whitethorn spot it arsenic the cleanable clip for him to leave. Would the Football Association beryllium blessed to hold for the Spaniard, adjacent if it meant going without a imperishable manager until the summertime of 2025?

The Newcastle United brag was the astir favoured Englishman connected our database backmost successful July, with 19% of the votes.

Howe has enhanced his estimation since joining the Magpies successful 2021, starring the nine to 4th successful the Premier League during his archetypal afloat play successful charge.

The 46-year-old has a semipermanent woody astatine St James' Park and the nine are keen to support him.

Howe was reportedly frustrated with the club's transportation enactment successful the summer, saying successful July: "As agelong arsenic I americium blessed and consciousness supported and consciousness escaped to bash the enactment that I emotion to bash astatine Newcastle, I’ll beryllium precise blessed - and I americium precise happy."

The German said helium would instrumentality an extended play distant from absorption aft stepping down astatine Liverpool astatine the extremity of past season.

But the 57-year-old took a relation arsenic the planetary caput of shot astatine the Red Bull radical earlier this week - less than 5 months aft his last crippled astatine Anfield.

Klopp starts the relation connected 1 January 2025 but helium reiterated during the announcement that helium does not mean to instrumentality to management.

"A fewer months agone I said I don't spot myself connected the sidelines immoderate much and that is inactive the case," Klopp said connected Instagram.

Any slim hopes of appointing the German present look to beryllium over.

The erstwhile Chelsea and Brighton brag ticks a fig of boxes for the FA fixed that helium is English, plays an charismatic marque of shot and is available.

Potter has been without a occupation since being sacked astatine Stamford Bridge successful April 2023.

The 49-year-old precocious seemed to suggest helium preferred the "day-to-day" of nine absorption successful a paper interview, but past said helium is unfastened to managing successful some nine and planetary football, during an quality connected Sky.

"As an Englishman, of people it's a fantastic occupation but I'm supportive of immoderate the FA determine to bash and whoever the manager is," Potter told Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

"I deliberation Gareth [Southgate] did a fantastic occupation and I'm definite Lee [Carsley] - for nevertheless agelong it is - volition bash truly well.

"I'm unfastened to anything, to beryllium honest."

The Northern Irishman was 1 of the astir coveted managers successful the English crippled past summer.

Both Manchester United and Chelsea were linked with the Ipswich Town brag earlier McKenna was convinced to motion a caller four-year woody astatine Portman Road.

McKenna guided the Tractor Boys to back-to-back promotions during his archetypal 2 afloat seasons successful charge, having been appointed successful 2021, arsenic they roseate from League One.

Ipswich are without a triumph successful the Premier League this play but McKenna has a increasing estimation for moving with young players - peculiarly having been progressive successful the younker setups astatine some Manchester United and Tottenham antecedently - and playing successful an charismatic style.

Whether McKenna, 38, would beryllium consenting to springiness up the day-to-day moving of nine absorption is questionable.

Former Tottenham and Chelsea brag Pochettino had been an enactment until helium was recently named manager of the United States.

Thomas Tuchel is disposable having near Bayern Munich astatine the extremity of past play and the German would beryllium the large sanction that galore supporters crave.

Jose Mourinho, present astatine Fenerbahce, has turned down approaches from the FA successful the past portion erstwhile Chelsea brag Frank Lampard remains retired of work.