PHOTO: Finally,Gareth Southgate lands the £1.5m-a-year contract England coaching Job, with little or no experience
The English FA in the
early hours of today (Wednesday) decided to offer former assistant coach to Big
Sam, Gareth Southgate the top English job, after playing a draw with the
Spanish national team.
Martin Glenn, chief executive of the FA, said: “Gareth is
a really strong candidate and clearly after the last four games his candidacy
has become much stronger. Not just based on one or two matches, but because of
what we’ve seen over the last couple of years. He continues:
“He’s got renewed confidence and is a different manager
to what he was two years ago. So it is not all about assessing him on a few
games, you have got to see it more in the round.

“We will take a bit of time to reflect, but hopefully not
too long. It’s important that we build the right platform for success in the
future. We just need to weigh up all the facts and take the time to make the
right decision.”
From all indication, Gareth is the likely candidate as
the FA’s five man panel - Howard Wilkinson, Martin Glenn, Dan Ashworth, Greg
Clarke and Graeme Le Saux get sets for
the appointment process.
After the match, Southgate gave an interview
to the press, saying: “I have just got to debrief the camp with Dan and I am
guessing I am going to be asked my views on lots of different things by whoever
is involved in what happens next.
"But that is as much as I know. I have
been given this task which I have loved.
“I am proud of what I have done and nobody
will ever take that away from me. I am determined to manage at the highest
level possible, club, country, home or abroad. Whatever it may be. Experiences
like this are a big part of that journey.”
...I really do not
think Southgate is the man for the job...
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