Gareth Southgate will continue as the manager of England until after Euro Championship 2024 as confirmed by the Football Association. He mentioned that he had been conflicted about his future in the role after his exit from the quarter-final at the World Cup. Southgate had been appointed in 2016 and led the Three Lions to the semi-finals of the World Cup 2018 and the first Euros final in 2021.
His present contract is going to expire in December 2024. Mark Bullingham, the FA chief executive said that they are delighted to confirm that Gareth Southgate continues as England’s manager and leads their Euro 2024 campaign. He also said that Steve Holland and Gareth have had their full support and their planning for the Euros starting then. (more…)
He said that he has a small pool of players to choose from and this will affect the England national team able to win big tournaments. He said that teams such as France and Germany have a league where the majority of players are home-grown players and that we can see these benefits in their national team.
Speaking to Standard Sport, Southgate said: “We really like Reiss. He came and trained with us in September. He is doing okay with Hoffenheim and we think that he and some other players in the Under-21s have got big futures. I always liked his personality on the field and he is one of a number of attacking players who will push for places in the coming years, but he is not the only one and it is important we keep pushing him. I don’t want him to be thinking that he has just got to roll up and he’s the next one, because there is really good competition for places.”
England U-18 and U-20 have done well of recent. With the men’s team reaching the semi-finals at the World Cup, and now the women team looking at their own achievement; it has capped a string of successive and infective success in the country after years of underachievement.
