The time has come for Lee Carsley to say goodbye to his interim manager’s role for England. The current (and future) U21 coach stepped in when Gareth Southgate resigned after EURO 2024 and took charge of five games for the Three Lions. He recorded one defeat and four wins and could add the fifth one tonight against Republic of Ireland. After that, Thomas Tuchel will continue as the permanent manager and he will set new standards and start a new era. But Harry Kane warns that the team togetherness, created under Southgate could easily be lost. England’s captain talked about his shock for being benched against Greece but also about Thomas Tuchel and a need to keep the team spirit intact.Harry Kane on the 8 players that withdrew from the England squad🗣️“It’s been taken advantage of, I don’t like it!”😡“England comes before everything, England comes before your club.”🏴That’s why he’s our nations captain🏴💪pic.twitter.com/XMWzCkiGe4— The 44 ⚽️ (@The_Forty_Four) November 13, 2024 “It takes a long time to build, and maybe not so long to lose if you’re not careful. But I think we’re well aware of that, the experienced players. Lee’s done a great job. I’m sure Thomas Tuchel will come in with his own ideas about how he wants to build his culture” he said.Greece feel the power of England’s wrath!Bayern’s striker is thinking in advance as he knows that international breaks are not so often and last just two weeks. He also believes that it’s up to him, other veterans and the new coach to make sure this team culture is not lost.“Team spirit will just naturally build. It isn’t just these camps. I think from now until the World Cup, step by step you build that culture. I think it’s down to me and some of the older ones, like Kyle Walker and Jordan Pickford who’ve been here for a while, to start showing that to some of the younger players coming through. It takes a long time to build that, we’ve done a really good job building that. It’s something that you don’t want to lose as you start to get more younger players into the team. It isn’t just these camps. As we go along now, and when Thomas starts with his first games in March that will just naturally progress. We build that until the following summer, because it comes round so quickly. Before we know it, this time next year we will be talking about a World Cup in eight months. It’s important that foundation is laid as early as possible” said Kane.Palmer: ‘It was frustrating at England’; Kane: ‘England comes before anything’England’s captain made a rare bench start on Thursday, when Three Lions defeated Greece 3-0. Interim manager Lee Carlsey informed him that he just wanted to give another striker, Ollie Watkins, more minutes. Kane admitted he was still ’shocked’ by the decision.“When he told me, it was like “okay”, getting my head around it. I wasn’t down about it, I wasn’t worried about it, I understood where he was coming from and I think that’s part and parcel of being captain as well, being a leader, you sometimes have to take things in your stride“ he said.##NAJAVA_MECA_8502045##The arrival of the new coach Thomas Tuchel, who is starting from January 1st is eigerly awaited, and Kane knows him best, since he was his manager in Bayern just months ago.“Whether that’s videos or speeches, or whatever that might be, Tuchel is a really good motivator. So I think he’s got great balance. Tactically, he’s known for being one of the best – but also the energy he brings. He gets that balance right of having a relaxed environment when you’re not training, with a bit of banter and a laugh and a joke, but when you’re on the pitch it is full focus. He is really disciplined in what he wants and he won’t shy away from confrontation if need be. For international football, having that energy in short bursts is really important, especially when you get to major tournaments and you’re away for six weeks and you see the same faces all the time. You need to make sure you find different ways to motivate and different ways to bring the energy” explained Kane.
