Carsley insists Tuchel faces ‘a real challenge’ to pick his first England squad

Lee Carsley has told new England manager Thomas Tuchel that his youngsters are ready to lead the country to World Cup glory.

England's young and vibrant team secured promotion to the elite Nations League groups with a 5-0 defeat to Ireland on Sunday evening, fielding a team packed with inexperienced talent: Tino Livramento, Lewis Hall, Curtis Jones and Noni Madueke.

Carsley will compile a detailed dossier for Tuchel of the six games in charge ahead of talks with the new England boss.

And Carsley believes the young players he has trained, with whom he has worked extensively at Under-21 level, have the talent in a senior international context to leave their mark on Tuchel.

“We talked not only about achieving promotion from the Nations League, but also about potentially expanding the pool of players from which Thomas has to choose,” said Carsley.

'The challenge for the players who have been involved over the last three camps is now to be in and around the March squad. Many of them have done themselves a lot of good in terms of improving their reputation and their ability to play in the England senior team, and gaining a cap is no mean feat. I'm really proud of a lot of them.

“It's a job an elite coach with a track record of winning deserves, and Thomas has that. The bonus would be that we increased the player pool.

'It will be a real challenge to choose the next team, I'm sure. Exciting times ahead.

“It's no gamble with some of these players, they're excellent players, they want to conquer whatever is in front of them and at the Under-21s they had the expectation to win.

'You always learn a lot about yourself when you're in a position you're not used to and the best part is the younger players coming through, many of whom have now seen themselves in an England shirt.'

On his file, Carsley, who returns to his previous role as under-21s head coach, added: “I'm trying to work with the rest of the staff to put together a debrief on all three camps.

“I will prepare a document, then hopefully meet with him and present what we think and what we have found.

'It is our job as U21 staff to support the senior manager.'