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England supervisor Gareth Southgate’s future nonetheless unsure after Euro 2024 remaining

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Gareth Southgate’s future as supervisor was nonetheless unsure when England returned residence from the European Championship on Monday.

Southgate’s contract expires this yr, and he has not stated if he’ll lead England into the following World Cup in 2026.

The English Soccer Affiliation is reportedly eager to tie him to a brand new contract.

England misplaced to Spain within the remaining of Euro 2024, extending its watch for a primary main trophy to not less than 60 years after successful the 1966 World Cup. 

“There’s what’s proper for the group, there’s what’s proper for me. Yeah, plenty of issues to contemplate,” Southgate stated after Sunday’s 2-1 loss in Berlin.

Southgate has reworked England’s fortunes since he was employed in 2016. He has led the group to back-to-back finals on the Euros and to the semifinals of the World Cup in 2018.

Earlier than then, England’s greatest outcomes since 1966 have been the semifinals of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1996.

However Southgate has not been capable of finish England’s decades-long watch for silverware after shedding the 2021 Euros remaining to Italy in a penalty shootout and, on Sunday, struggling defeat after Mikel Oyarzabal‘s 86th-minute winner.

Southgate stated earlier than the event it will seemingly be his final if England didn’t win, and he endured fierce criticism early on within the Euros, when the group’s dour play prompted followers to throw plastic beer cups in direction of him on the finish of the 0-0 draw with Slovenia.

The environment shifted as England superior because of dramatic late objectives from Jude Bellingham and Ollie Watkins.

England Girls’s supervisor Sarina Wiegman has led her group to success, successful the Euros in 2022. She adopted that by main the group to the Girls’s World Cup remaining final yr, when it additionally misplaced to Spain.

When requested if he ought to proceed, Wiegman stated, “That’s completely (up) to him. I’ve an excellent relationship with him. That’s one thing for him to replicate on and have the dialog with the individuals on the FA. That’s completely not for me.”

Reporting by The Related Press.

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