Gareth Southgate Resigns As England Manager After Euro 2024 Final Loss
England Manager Gareth Southgate has decided to walk away and step down from his post following the tragic defeat to Spain in Euro 2024 finals in Berlin.
“Gareth Southgate has LEFT his role as manager of the England national team. It’s over,” football analyst Fabrizio Romano wrote on X.
🚨🏴 BREAKING: Gareth Southgate has LEFT his role as manager of the England national team.
It’s over. pic.twitter.com/jIuCwRhkJZ
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 16, 2024
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The football Association has hoped that he would extend his contract after he led the team to the final of Euro 2024. The 53-year-old is England’s most successful manager in terms of consistent major tournament performance.
After announcing his retirement, Southgate said, “As a proud Englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for England and to manage England”. “It has meant everything to me, and I have given it my all. But it’s time for change, and for a new chapter. Sunday’s final in Berlin against Spain was my final game as England manager,” he added.
Southgate has signed a contract to December because he and the FA wanted to create breathing space after Euro 2024 to make a decision. After the team’s defeat in the finals, he made it clear that not much time was required to make up his mind.
He took charge of England, initially on a caretaker basis, in September 2016 after Sam Allardyce’s sudden departure.
Southgate, who has worked at the FA since 2013, has admirers at Manchester United, who gave Erik ten Hag a new contract this summer. His only job in club football was with Middlesbrough from 2006-09.
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“Gareth has made the impossible job possible and laid strong foundations for future success. He is held in the highest regard by the players, the backroom team, by everyone at the FA and across the world of football,” FA’s chief executive Mark Bullingham said.
