Thomas Tuchel is interested in becoming the next permanent England manager after entering advanced talks with the Football Association.

Those talks could now accelerate further, possibly in London, as the FA move to try to end the uncertainty around Gareth Southgate’s long-term successor.

The FA may need to move quickly to land Tuchel, as he has also been heavily linked with Manchester United, who spoke to him in the summer about replacing Erik ten Hag.

Tuchel has always been among the favourites for the full-time England job and, along with Pep Guardiola, is one of a number of managers to have been sounded out since Southgate stepped down.

It is believed that there have now been advanced talks with Tuchel and that more are planned. It is unclear whether there are any further talks planned with other candidates.

Tuchel fits the remit set out by interim head coach Lee Carsley of being “a world-class coach who has won trophies” and has worked in England, at Chelsea, and with a number of England players – including captain Harry Kane, who he signed for Bayern Munich.

Tuchel is currently out of work, although he has remained on the Bayern payroll after leaving his position at the end of last season, effectively meaning he has been on gardening leave.

Bayern have refused to comment on whether his release would be negotiated, but sources in Germany have claimed the FA would not have to pay compensation.

Tuchel would relish the opportunity of working with Kane again and is thought to be confident that England have a squad capable of winning trophies.

The German has proved himself to be an excellent tournament manager, winning the Champions League at Chelsea and reaching the finals of the FA Cup and the League Cup.

While Tuchel’s track record cannot be questioned, the prospect of appointing a foreign manager to permanently succeed Southgate will cause debate.

Tuchel would be the third foreign manager of the men’s national team after Sven-Goran Eriksson (Sweden) and Fabio Capello (Italy), with the women already managed by Sarina Wiegman, who is from the Netherlands.

The plan has been for Carsley to remain in interim charge for the November Nations League games against Greece and Republic of Ireland. It is not clear if that could change if Tuchel, or anybody else, accepts the permanent job before then.

As reported by Telegraph Sport, sources in and around the England set-up have become convinced that Carsley does not want the permanent job at this time and his public comments have done little to dispel that belief.

Carsley even backed the prospect of the FA hiring a foreign permanent manager when asked if the next man should be English. He replied: “No, definitely not. It’s important that the best candidate gets the job.

“We’ve seen in the past that we’ve had different nationalities coach the teams, so the best candidate should get the job. We’d be putting ourselves in a corner if we didn’t, and we didn’t open our minds a bit.

“I think it’s important that any job that’s available, you know, everyone that’s at that level should apply for it.”

Carsley has said that he will be happy to step back to his job as manager of England’s Under-21s or take up a role in the staff of the new permanent manager if asked to do so.

Telegraph Sport reported on Monday afternoon that, despite being sounded out by the FA over the England job, Guardiola is considering renewing his Manchester City contract by a further 12 months.

While a prospective drop in salary to take the England job is not considered an issue, sources have tentatively suggested that the most likely scenario, at present, is that he signs another deal at City – albeit for just one more year.