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Interim England coach Lee Carsley insists he has not ruled himself out of the job permanently after suggesting he is not yet the world-class coach they need.

England responded to a shock 2-1 home defeat by Greece on Thursday with a 3-1 win in Finland on Sunday.

Although the Three Lions were still not at their best, it was a marked improvement on their last game. However, the conversation was dominated by Carsley's future and the question of who will take over the role after the game.

“Absolutely not,” Carsley said after being asked in the post-match press conference whether he thought it was too early to become senior manager.

“I tried to put it as clearly as possible. My area of ​​responsibility spanned three camps. What I wanted to say is that it is one of the top jobs in the world.”

“I'm not part of the process, but it deserves a top coach. With the players we have at our disposal, we have a real chance of winning. That was the point I was making.”

Many had assumed that the 50-year-old's comments that he was still on his way to becoming a world-class coach led to him removing himself from the running for the post.

Amid a barrage of questions about the future of the job, he was asked point-blank whether that was a false conclusion to draw from those comments.

“Yes definitely. Like I said, it’s important that I do my best,” he said.

“It is a privilege to do this job. I feel a lot of confidence, it’s a great job and whoever gets it will fully deserve it.”

Regardless of his comments in Helsinki, however, Carsley has a track record of being noncommittal when asked about the potential of getting the job permanently.

According to him, this is because he consciously tried to keep an open mind after learning from previous experiences.

“I'm definitely hesitant (to say if I want the job) because in the past when I took on this caretaker/interim role I've gone to the extent of not wanting the job.”) that I “I didn’t actually do the job,” he said.

“One of the things I talked about when I was asked to take over temporarily was that it's important to have an open mind, because in this case I'm not going to be careless in my decisions.”

“I think deeply about how the team should play, which squad to select, which is a challenge because squad selection is very difficult.”

“The amount of players we have to leave out and what we have available, and I still have another camp to do. It’s just a shame we can’t play against Greece next week.”

England's away game in Greece will be the most important in deciding their Nations League fate, with the upcoming hosts top of the group with a three-point lead over second place.

Carsley's side must win and then improve on Greece's result at Wembley if they are to have any chance of returning to the competition's top flight. But ultimately the interim manager was happy with what he saw on Sunday.

“We won the game and scored three good goals,” he added. “It was a shame we couldn’t keep a clean sheet.

“I don’t know the players that well yet in terms of the way the team reacts to defeat and setback, so I was thrilled with the way they reacted.”