Eddie Howe has no desire to leave Newcastle United to become England manager and remains extremely happy on Tyneside.

Although Howe’s name features on a shortlist written up by the Football Association, including potential candidates to replace Gareth Southgate, Telegraph Sport understands it is aware of the Newcastle manager’s position after making tentative, informal enquiries to his representatives earlier in the year.

There have been no further conversations. As far as Howe is concerned the matter is closed and his sole focus is on Newcastle.

The Howe camp have, in turn, been led to believe that the FA wants to give interim manager Lee Carsley every opportunity to prove he is the right man for the job in the long term.

Nevertheless, England’s embarrassing defeat by Greece in the Nations League on Thursday night and the confused, chaotic nature of the performance, have prompted serious questions about Carsley’s suitability for the role. That could mean the FA reaches out again to Howe, as well as other potential candidates.

Howe’s future at St James’ Park has been called into question this season following the departure of his key ally, former co-owner Amanda Staveley, and former director of football Dan Ashworth.

Ashworth was replaced by Paul Mitchell in July and his relationship with Howe has at times been a strained one.

However, despite significant tension earlier this year, those problems have eased and the internal talk at St James’ Park is of a “collaborative approach”, as they plan for the January transfer window.

Darren Eales, the Newcastle chief executive, insisted in July that the club would reject an approach for Howe, whose contract contains a release clause that would also make it difficult for the FA to afford him.

The exact fee needed to activate his release clause is not known, but it is thought to be more than £6 million, which would be problematic for the FA to meet, given the financial pressures on the organisation and its responsibility for grass-roots football. Howe’s wage demands are also likely to be far more than the £5 million a year paid to Southgate.

Mitchell: ‘I’ve never been scared of interest in any of our staff’

However, Mitchell appeared to leave the door ajar for the FA to make an approach in an interview in September.

“I’ve never been scared of interest in any of our staff members,” Mitchell said. “Especially our head coach, and especially from a level of organisation that the FA is.

“We want Eddie Howe as our head coach for as long as we can. But we recognise that we are on a journey, and we recognise his quality and his potential as well. I think [the FA’s interest] it’s recognition of the two-and-a-half years he’s had here, and the job he did at Bournemouth.”

Those comments did not sit well with Howe, who has always maintained, both publicly and privately, that he wants to stay at Newcastle.

Should the FA make an approach to speak to Howe and Newcastle give them permission, that could alter the situation. Howe is a proud Englishman and has spoken previously of his interest in managing the national team one day, but that is not something currently on his radar.

Speaking to Gary Neville’s Overlap podcast in May (watch in full below), Howe was asked if he would like to manage England when he leaves Newcastle. He said: “It’s a strange one for me because, when I’m in this mode [in a job], I’m totally oblivious to everything. I’m so focused on the day-to-day, that’s the truth, I don’t lift my head [up] and see what’s going on or what people are saying.

“On the broader subject of the national team, my big memories are watching England in my early years and falling in love with them and wanting them to do well in the major tournaments… having that feeling of devastation when they didn’t quite get over the line.

“I loved that feeling of watching the national team, I love England, I love Gareth and I hope England go on and win the Euros. I’ve never really thought about international football for me personally, but who knows what will happen in the future.”