Newcastle United supervisor Eddie Howe says he was not contacted by the Soccer Affiliation throughout their current hunt for a brand new England supervisor.
The FA on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Thomas Tuchel, with chief executive Mark Bullingham saying they “interviewed roughly 10 folks” together with “some English candidates”.
Howe, one in all solely three English managers at present within the Premier League, confirmed on Friday he was not amongst them.
Requested if he was interviewed for the England job, he stated: “I used to be not. There was no contact from the FA.”
Questioned on whether or not this bothered him, Howe stated: “England must do what is correct for them and solely they may know the processes they’ve gone by means of and the selections they’ve made. I’m actually not the kind of individual that’s going to analyse that.
“For me, it is about Newcastle and attempting to win video games and it is exhausting sufficient to do this in case you are 100% centered, and I’ll all the time stay that method to my work. In the event you drop your ranges, then the job turns into inconceivable and at no stage have I allowed myself to do this.”