Sunday 13 November 2016

There are no fears on becoming England's next coach - Gareth Southgate

 
Gareth Southgate says he would have no fears in taking on the England job on a permanent basis. The 46years old was reluctant to replace Roy Hodgson after Euro 2016 but was handed the role on an interim basis following the departure of Sam Allardyce and has ensured the national team will end the year top of their World Cup qualifying group after a 3-0 win over Scotland on Friday.

The Three Lions' biggest win in the fixture since May 1975 has boosted the former defender's chances of stepping up from his role with the U21 side and getting the job permanently, but his reluctance to speak about that possibility continued with a friendly against Spain still to go as part of his four-game interim stint.

He said “There are no fears with the job, It would be easy to look at the negatives but to work with top players and in big matches is what I want to do. From that side, no. I've avoided answering that if it was right to assume he wants the job full-time because I don't think it's necessary. You just have to do the job. With respect, I've seen people in this sort of position before talk about how much they want the job and it becomes an irrelevance if you don't prepare the team well. So it's not really my decision, but I have loved doing it and I've seen some signs of progress with how we've played. From my point of view, it's been a brilliant experience.”

While Southgate appears to be the favourite for the job, the Football Association will not start the formal process of finding a permanent manager until after Tuesday's Wembley friendly against Spain.
FA chairman Greg Clarke, technical director Dan Ashworth and chief executive Martin Glenn will be part of the decision-making process, along with League Managers Association chairman Howard Wilkinson, the last English title-winning manager and twice caretaker boss of the Three Lions.
 

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