Gatland insists England have not approached him about replacing Jones
The New Zealander will leave his current job after the World Cup in Japan later this year.
Wales boss Warren Gatland says he has received a number of approaches about a possible post-World Cup job but insists England have not contacted him.
The New Zealander says that he has not spoken to England, who have been linked with recruiting him as Eddie Jones’ potential long-term successor.
Gatland will step down as Wales head coach after the World Cup in Japan later this year, ending a reign which has included three Six Nations Grand Slams.
“It’s a matter of making the right decision at the right time. But my whole focus is about the next six or seven months and Wales and the World Cup.
“I am not too worried about whether I have a job or not for a while. I’m a great believer in what will be will be.
“I haven’t spoken to England at all.
“I think they were quite clear in what they were doing in terms of not making any appointments or talking to anyone until post-Rugby World Cup.”
Gatland is also a firm favourite to coach the 2021 British and Irish Lions in South Africa – it would be his third successive tour as Lions boss if appointed.
But after naming a 42-man Wales World Cup training squad on Tuesday, he added: “This is not about the Lions, this is about Wales. I’m not going to speak about that.”
Uncapped Cardiff Blues players Owen Lane and Rhys Carre, meanwhile, have been included in the training squad.
Prop Carre, who will join Saracens this summer and signed a deal before being called up by Wales, and wing Lane are in a group that comprises 19 backs and 23 forwards.
Bath’s Lions number eight Taulupe Faletau, who has missed much of this season due to injury, is selected, along with back-row colleagues Aaron Shingler and James Davies.
There is also a place for experienced Ospreys lock Bradley Davies as Wales face a busy summer of preparation that features four warm-up Tests.
Injured flankers Ellis Jenkins and Thomas Young are both excluded, but could come into consideration later this summer depending on their recoveries.
Gatland added: “Owen has impressed us during the season and has been unlucky with injuries before a couple of other campaigns. He might have made one of the other squads.
“Rhys has been part of our succession plan. We’ve got a couple of other players on that succession plan.
“We are in a different place at the moment. In 2015, we were looking at building depth. We feel like we’ve got a lot of depth at the moment.
“We have 18 players with World Cup experience in the squad, so it’s a matter of planning what we are going to do. It might not be so much of mix and matching in the warm-up games.
“If I look at the World Cup, we’ll probably go fully-loaded against Georgia, Australia and Fiji, and potentially make changes for Uruguay.
“We may need to replicate that in the warm-up games (Wales play England and Ireland home and away). So it might not involve making too many changes and mean some players might not get the same opportunities.”
