‘A higher goal’ – Gareth Southgate opens up on England exit and outlines what’s next

Gareth Southgate left his post as England manager in July after eight years in charge.

Former England manager Gareth Southgate has revealed he won’t “rush” into a new coaching job after seeking advice from people who have held senior positions. Southgate resigned two days after Spain beat the Three Lions in the Euro 2024 final in July, after eight years in charge of England.

In his first substantive interview since resigning, he shared: “The fact that it’s one of the biggest jobs, I think, means that I wanted to give myself more time to talk to a lot of fascinating people who have held big jobs and find out what they did after that. I don’t want to betray their confidences, but people have been very generous in sharing and talking about these things, and they all said, “Don’t rush. not”.

On his life after becoming a manager, Southgate said: “I’ve been a player and manager for 37 years, and I’m not against the next period of my life being totally different. When you’ve been in one of the most big jobs, how can you”

LEARN MORE: Why Federico Chiesa is not in Liverpool’s squad for TottenhamLEARN MORE: “We are not like them” – Ibrahima Konate responds to Arsenal taunts after Bukayo Saka injury

Speaking to Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs, Gareth, 54, hinted at the difficulty of leaving your dream job by choosing Adele’s song Someone Like You. He added: “I continued to play there towards the end of the last Euro, because I knew I was going to leave. I had decided it was time for change on all sides and there is so much of words in him that even if I hear it today, it concerns my relationship with England and their relationship with me, and how I really feel about it all.

“Like the fact that they have to move on and you wish them the best and there are regrets, and there were actually memories to be made. There are so many lines that really resonated within me. I would never want to be on the road.

“When we lost the Euros in 2021, I didn’t think for a moment why the players missed the penalty shootout. We had 120 minutes to win the game. I told them it wasn’t not how I saw that evening but that’s still how I see 1996. I had a hard time getting out of it. There was no follow-up or support, because no one thought about it. the era.”

Additionally, Southgate mentioned his musical preferences, including “Rainy Days and Mondays” by The Carpenters and “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran as top tracks. For a trip to a desert island, he chose “The Chimp Paradox” by Steve Peters as his book and a coffee machine as his luxury item.