The coach has started with two wins in his first two games as interim boss and has declared that he is "up for" taking the position on a permanent basis.

Carsley said: "I am up for it. I think I am up for it. I think I'm very grounded. The most important thing about this job is the football for me, making sure we create a good environment for the players to perform in.

"It's been a good week. I think like all these things, when you have such a build-up to it, you play it out in your mind on how it's going to go.

"It definitely couldn't have gone any better in terms of the way the players responded to some of the concepts that we tried to put in place, the way that the new players have gelled with the older ones. It's been an all-round positive camp."

The "impossible job" phrase originated in the 1990s as previous England managers struggled with the expectation that comes with the role but Carsley insists the position is actually a "really good" one as the Three Lions have the players capable of ending a trophy drought that dates back to 1966.

He said: "I've not heard that one. I think it's a really good job. It's a job where you look at different opportunities and ask, 'Can you be in a position to win?' This job definitely ticks that box. We've got the players to be not only competitive but win a major trophy."