The head coach of the Three Lions of England, Gareth Southgate has given a hint that he might be leaving the job after the 2-1 defeat against France.
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Southgate was speaking in an interview that was reported by The Guardian on Monday, December 12th, 2022. According to him, he will evaluate everything that has happened in the last 18 months before deciding if he will leave or stay with the English national team.
I have found large parts of the last 18 months difficult. For everything that I’ve loved about the last few weeks, I still look at how things have been for 18 months. What’s been said and what’s been written, the night at Wolves. There are lots of things in my head that’s really conflicted at the moment. So what I want to make sure, if it’s the right thing to stay, is that I’ve definitely got the energy to do that. I don’t want to be four or five months down the line thinking I’ve made the wrong call. It’s too important for everybody to get that wrong.
He also confirmed that he has not gotten over the defeat at the Euro 2020 where he lost the final match to Italy on penalties.
I do not think I have got over the last one [Euro 2020]. But this feels a little bit different because when we reflect on what we’ve done, I’m not sure what more we could have done or give. When I've been through the past few tournaments my emotions have been difficult to really think through properly in those following few weeks. It took so much energy out of you and you have so much going through your mind. I want to make the right decision either way because it has to be the right one to go again, or the right one not to go again and I don't think tonight is the time to make a decision like that. Neither are the next few days really. After every tournament, I’ve sat with everybody at the FA and talked things through logically and I think that's the right process to go through again.
Southgate signed a contract in November 2021 which is expected to see him stay with England until December 2024 which is after the Euro 2024.
