Southgate wants to 'prove people wrong' at club level after England role
England manager Gareth Southgate said he would like to
return to club management at some point and that he would be motivated to
"prove people wrong" about his track record in domestic football.
Southgate, who was handed the England job on a full-time
basis in 2016, signed a new contract through to the end of 2024 on Monday. He
led England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and the Euro 2020 final this
year. read more
The 51-year-old's only role in charge of a club was at
Middlesbrough where his three-year stint came to an end after their relegation
from the Premier League in 2009.
"There is the obvious challenge because people view my
club management purely through the eyes of a relegation. There is the part of
you that wants to prove people wrong," Southgate told British media on
Monday.
"There will be a day when I do that, I'm sure. If in
three years I decided that was it, I (would be) 53, with the experience of
managing in one of the most pressurised jobs in football, with the biggest
games in world football behind you.
"If that was the decision at that point, then I would
have a lot of excellent experiences behind me. But I have no idea what I will
feel in three years' time. And I don't feel an urgency to push to other
things."
England qualified for next year's World Cup in Qatar as group winners with a 10-0 victory in San Marino last week.
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