Carsley felt fresh faces were vital for his first England squad

Lee Carsley said it was important to bring in some fresh faces to build on what Gareth Southgate achieved.

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00:00How proud are you to call yourself the, alright interim, but the men's senior England manager?

00:07Yeah, I think it's a real proud moment, obviously for my family and myself.

00:12I think it's been a really hectic couple of weeks, trying to get my head around the magnitude of the job,

00:20getting around to as many games as I can, trying to see as many players as I can.

00:25I've been lucky or unlucky in the past that I've done this before,

00:29in terms of taking over from a short-term point of view, obviously at club level.

00:35Generally you go into a club where things aren't going very well, but obviously this is the opposite.

00:40I think it's fair to say the job that Gareth and Steve did and the position that I'm picking the current squad up

00:47are in a totally different position than what they inherited.

00:51I think the expectation now around the squad and the players is really exciting,

00:56so I understand that I'm in a really privileged position.

00:59One that I'm really looking forward to, I'm excited about it, looking forward to meeting up with the players.

01:05Getting the squad out today was an important bit.

01:09It was important that, like I spoke about before, putting my own stamp on the squad a little bit,

01:14but recognising how well they've done in the past.

01:16We've been so close a couple of times and recognising that,

01:20but I thought it was important that we put some fresh faces in and put our own little mark on the squad.