{"id":893,"date":"2022-12-12T09:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/england-manager-gareth-southgate-conflicted-about-future-after-world-cup-2022-exit-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T09:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:21:24","slug":"england-manager-gareth-southgate-conflicted-about-future-after-world-cup-2022-exit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/england-manager-gareth-southgate-conflicted-about-future-after-world-cup-2022-exit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"England manager Gareth Southgate ‘conflicted’ about future after World Cup 2022 exit"},"content":{"rendered":"


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England manager Gareth Southgate says he is “conflicted” about his future, having “found large parts of the last 18 months difficult”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Southgate’s side were knocked out of the 2022 World Cup on Saturday, <\/span>losing 2-1 to France<\/span><\/a> in the quarter-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Afterwards, he said <\/span>he would “review and reflect”<\/span><\/a> before deciding whether to carry on in the role.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t want to be four, five months down the line thinking I’ve made the wrong call,” added the 52-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s too important for everybody to get that wrong.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Southgate, who was appointed in October 2016<\/span>, <\/strong>led <\/span>England<\/span><\/a> to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and a first European Championship final in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has won six knockout games in major tournaments as Three Lions boss – the same number as England won in the 48 years before he took charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, England went into the Qatar World Cup on the back of relegation from their Uefa Nations League group after three defeats and three draws.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of those losses was a <\/span>4-0 defeat by Hungary in June at Molineux,<\/span><\/a> during which England fans chanted at the manager: “You don’t know what you’re doing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve found large parts of the last 18 months difficult,” said Southgate, <\/span>who has a contract until December 2024.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“For everything that I’ve loved about the last few weeks, I still have how things have been for 18 months – what’s been said and what’s been written, the night at Wolves.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There are lots of things in my head that are really conflicted at the moment, so what I want to make sure, if it’s the right thing to stay, is that I’ve definitely got the energy to do that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Southgate’s current England contract runs until December 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southgate has won 49 of his 81 games in charge of England, with Saturday’s loss to France being his 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n

His side suffered a 2-1 defeat by Croatia in the last four of the 2018 World Cup in Russia after leading 1-0, and England were beaten on penalties by Italy in the Euro 2020 final, after also leading that match through an early Luke Shaw goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When I’ve been through the past few tournaments, my emotions have been difficult to really think through properly in those following few weeks,” added Southgate.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It took so much energy out of you and you have so much going through your mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I want to make the right decision either way because it has to be the right one to go again, or the right one not to go again – and I don’t think tonight is the time to make a decision like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Neither are the next few days really.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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