Euro 2024: Gareth Southgate Refuses To Close His Gate On His Future With England

Just like in the 2021 edition of the European Championship, coach Gareth Southgate led England to the final of Euro 2024 and failed to win it, but that wouldn’t force him to end his spell as the country’s head coach.

Before the appointment of Gareth Southgate as England’s head coach eight years ago, no other football manager has led the country to two successive finals. But football enthusiasts in England are not excited over that, they want a trophy to celebrate with.

The last time football fans in the country celebrated a triumph at a major tournament was in 1966 when late coach Alf Ramsey led them to win the World Cup in the said year.

Even though most England fans want Gareth Southgate out, the final decision lies in the hand of the coach because the English FA had said the 53-year-old English tactician would remain in charge of the team until after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

When asked about his future following England’s 2-1 defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, Southgate said it wasn’t time to comment on his future, and noted that he would have to speak with some “right people” before he could make the decision.

“Now is not the time for me to speak about that. I need to talk to the right people and give myself a bit of time”, Southgate told the BBC.

“To get to another final… it was a privilege to have the opportunity. But to come up short is hard at the moment.”

He added: “Of course to take England to two finals has never been done but we came here to win and we haven’t been able to do that.

“England have some fabulous players. We have been consistently back in the matches that matter. It’s the last step we haven’t been able to do.”