Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe said on Friday he had not been in contact with the Football Association before Thomas Tuchel's appointment as head coach of the England national team.

Eddie Howe has revealed he was not interviewed for the England job and did not even receive an official approach for the role now filled by Thomas Tuchel. But the 46-year-old indicated that his only focus was Newcastle United and that he was more concerned about winning a trophy on Tyneside than debating whether he should have been further up the pecking order with the Three Lions.

During his spell away from management, Howe previously visited Tuchel at Chelsea ’s training ground and has backed him as a ‘great appointment’ for England.