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Gareth Southgate<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
England manager, Gareth Southgate, said the 2026 World Cup will be an \u201camazing tournament\u201d but refused to confirm whether he will remain in his post beyond this year.<\/p>\n
The 53-year-old\u2019s contract expires in December, and sources told ESPN that the Football Association are keen for Southgate to remain as manager and reach a decade in charge by leading the Three Lions into the first 48-team World Cup, to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n
Sources told ESPN that Southgate is under serious consideration to replace Erik ten Hag should Manchester United decide to sack the Dutch coach in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Southgate agonised over his future following England\u2019s quarterfinal exit to France at the 2022 World Cup before eventually agreeing to a new deal beyond this summer\u2019s European Championship in Germany.<\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Southgate said, \u201cI think \u201926 will be an amazing World Cup. I\u2019m old enough to remember \u201994 [in the U.S.] I didn\u2019t go and obviously England didn\u2019t qualify.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you know that any sporting event the U.S. are involved in hosting \u2014 and clearly Mexico \u201986 I also remember \u2014 that will be an amazing tournament, which will be a different sort of challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you think about the travel and the time zones compared to the last World Cup, it couldn\u2019t be more different. Temperature changes, altitude and everything else that you could face. So that would also be an amazing tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pushed on whether it would tempt him to stay on, Southgate said: \u201cThat will depend on playing well, getting results and wanting to stay. Any number of things would be wrapped up in that. But that\u2019s for after this summer, really.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are potential logistical problems if Manchester United do try to appoint Southgate this summer. United would ideally want their new manager in early to oversee what is expected to be a summer of significant change under new minority owner INEOS.<\/p>\n
However, Southgate has previously branded speculation linking him with the United job as \u201ccompletely disrespectful\u201d and is adamant he won\u2019t consider his options until after Euro 2024, the final of which takes place on July 14.<\/p>\n
When asked whether he believes he will be in management next season or whether he would need a break from the game if he left England, Southgate said: \u201cI don\u2019t have any vision of what next year will look like because everything for me depends on this summer.<\/p>\n
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