At the forthcoming Euro 2024, England manager Gareth Southgate will have unresolved business as he looks to win his first trophy with the national team. With his contract expiring at the end of the year, Southgate, who will lead the Three Lions in his second European Championship, will attempt to win the Euro 2024 championship. He has calculated, nevertheless, that he will be fired if he is not successful with the national team and does not win England’s first international men’s trophy in 58 years.
“I most likely won’t be here anymore if we lose. “It could be your last chance,” Southgate stated in a conversation with Bild, a German newspaper.
The nature of international football is that, in my opinion, around half of the national coaches depart following a competition.
“I’ve been here for almost eight years now, and we’ve come close, so I know that you can’t keep asking people to do a little more in front of the public because eventually people will stop believing what you’re saying,” the England manager continued.
Southgate’s England team lost the Euro 2020 final against Italy on penalties, preventing him and the national team from winning a European championship for the first time. With so much skill inside the ranks, they will want to cross the finish line this time. Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, and other players will make an impression on a youthful team captained by Harry Kane at the competition in Germany.
On Sunday, June 16, England will play their opening match against Serbia. They will then play Denmark in a rematch of the semifinal from the previous tournament. England will play Slovenia in their last group match in an attempt to win Group C.
Under Gareth Southgate, England has had a prosperous few years, but they have not been able to break their 58-year trophy drought. England’s last senior men’s international victory dates back to their home FIFA World Cup in 1966. They have advanced to the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup semifinals and the Euro 2020 quarterfinals under Southgate’s leadership. Whether Southgate can lead the Three Lions break that streak this summer in Germany will be interesting to watch.
