Newcastle supervisor Eddie Howe says he was not interviewed by the Soccer Affiliation for the England job.
Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was named as the person to exchange Gareth Southgate this week, simply the third non-English supervisor to take the function.
Howe, one in every of three English managers within the Premier League, has lengthy been linked with the function.
He mentioned: “There was no-one extra happy than me to see Thomas get the job, actually, and take it as a result of it’s only a distraction – not that it distracts me, however you’ll be able to see it’s unsettling at instances when sure issues are mentioned and written about.
“The extra that everybody can deal with Newcastle – which has all the time been my solely concern – the higher.”
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Requested additional if he had been one of many 10 candidates on the listing drawn up by the FA, Howe mentioned: “No, I wasn’t.”
Requested if the England job would curiosity him in the future, Howe mentioned: “Who is aware of? I’ve all the time mentioned which you could by no means predict what’s going to occur in administration, you’ll be able to by no means plan too far forward. I definitely don’t.
“I’m a day-to-day planner, whereas definitely acknowledging that Newcastle – I’ve all the time mentioned this – has a future and we’ve to ensure we make the appropriate choices long-term.
“However the job takes so many twists and turns, you’ll be able to’t look too far forward. I believe that’s detrimental, really, when you do this, so by way of my very own profession and what’s 5, 10 years forward, I don’t know, I’ve received no concept.
“However I’d by no means say that managing England isn’t one thing I’d love to do perhaps in the future if given the chance, however my focus is Newcastle, Newcastle, Newcastle.”
Newcastle resume their Premier League marketing campaign towards Brighton on Saturday.
