Liverpool star Harvey Elliot backs ‘UNBELIEVABLE’ supervisor to switch departed Gareth Southgate as the following England supervisor

Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott has endorsed ‘unbelievable supervisor’ Lee Carsley to step up and grow to be the brand new England boss after Gareth Southgate resigned from the Three Lions earlier this month.

Carsley, the Birmingham-born former midfielder who was capped 40 occasions for Eire, led England’s Below 21s to European Championship glory final summer season taking part in an progressive model of front-foot soccer.

Elliott has been an everyday for Carsley’s aspect throughout and since that triumph – and he has now given the highly-rated coach his backing to step up and lead England into the following World Cup cycle.

Requested if he thought Carsley was prepared for the large job, Elliott stated: ‘Completely. Lee is an unbelievable supervisor and an unbelievable man. He is able to step up. There have been a variety of huge golf equipment sniffing round him and that’s credit score to himself and his teaching.

‘At any time when I step on the pitch for England I simply have freedom to take pleasure in my soccer. I really feel like he’s prepared. They’re conversations for them (on the FA).’

Carsley is definitely within the body for the vacant job alongside the likes of Eddie Howe and Graham Potter and it’s attainable he will get given the function on a caretaker foundation whereas a extra thorough recruitment course of is undertaken by the FA.

Elliott, after all, would love Carsley as it will assist his personal probabilities of profitable a primary senior cap. 

‘After all I wish to be there,’ he added. 

‘However they’ve their sure methods and their gamers that they monitor and that they wish to decide and that’s simply what they do.

‘On the identical time I used to be upset, I had a pleasant break. The summer season earlier than I had the Euros with the 21s so I didn’t get a protracted break. 

‘So it was good for me to unwind, see household and get my head down for this pre-season. With the brand new (supervisor) I needed to be recent and able to go.’

In the meantime, fellow Englishman Curtis Jones, who scored the profitable purpose in that Below 21s closing final summer season, missed Liverpool coaching on Sunday after struggling a muscular harm final week. 

The Reds play Arsenal in Philadelphia on Wednesday night time. 

They then face exams in opposition to Manchester United and Sevilla earlier than their opening recreation of the season away at newly promoted Ipswich City. 

Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch is ready to reach within the States within the subsequent 24 hours, with France defender Ibrahima Konate additionally planning to affix up with the squad by Tuesday. 

Portugal’s Diogo Jota was a late arrival and has commenced coaching periods with new head coach Arne Slot. Jota performed simply 97 minutes at Euro 2024 as Portugal have been knocked-out by France on penalties within the quarter-final.