Lee Carsley will return to his role as the head coach of England's U21s with Thomas Tuchel set to take charge of the senior team and he's been praised by former U20s boss Paul Simpson

Tuchel has gone to his former club to bulk out his staff ahead of beginning the job as England head coach on 1 January

Thomas Tuchel appears to have already irked England fans before even starting his role as national team manager. With the German boss waiting in the wings, Lee Carsley signed off from his interim role on Sunday with a 5-0 win over the Republic of Ireland, which secured the Three Lions promotion back to the top tier of the Nations League.

Thomas Tuchel has been given a boost before officially starting as England manager after Henrique Hilario handed in his resignation at Chelsea to become his goalkeeping coach.

Chelsea will see long-serving coach Henrique Hilario leave the club to join former Blues boss Thomas Tuchel in a new-look England staff from the New Year.

The number of people who have been at Chelsea Football Club longer than this here blog has existed has decreased by one this week. There can’t be too many left at this point. It’s not yet official, but it pretty much is.