Southgate\u2019s current contract is due to expire in December 2024. He had previously said he was \u201cconflicted\u201d about the idea of staying on as manager after the World Cup loss, and said he needed \u201ctime to reflect\u201d on his position going forward.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>The 52-year-old has been in charge of the men\u2019s national team since 2016 as he took over from Sam Allardyce, whose ill-fated spell in charge lasted just one match.<\/p>\n
He led England to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018 as well as the Euro 2020 final against Italy. Southgate was just one penalty shootout away from becoming the first England manager to lift a trophy since Sir Alf Ramsey in 1966.<\/p>\n
For more World Cup features check out: World Cup 2022 TV schedule<\/a> |\u00a0World Cup 2022 kits ranked<\/a> | World Cup 2022 stadiums<\/a>\u00a0| Best players at the World Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/p> Southgate was initially seen as an unusual choice by England following a spell of experienced managers, such as Fabio Capello, with big reputations in the UK and around the world.<\/p>\n He spent three years as manager of Middlesbrough but after his dismissal in 2009, he stepped away from the game for four years.<\/p>\n Southgate became England Under-21s boss in 2013 and the Young Lions won the Toulon Tournament in 2016 under his stewardship with the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jack Grealish and James Ward-Prowse under his wing.<\/p>\n Roy Hodgson was cut loose as manager of the senior England team following an embarrassing Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland. Allardyce was made his replacement but following a controversial \u2013 and speedy \u2013 exit, Southgate was installed as interim boss and did enough to be offered the job on a permanent basis by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n Check out our World Cup<\/a> hub for all the latest from Qatar 2022, including match previews, predictions and analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/a> or visit our <\/b>Sport<\/b><\/a> hub.<\/b><\/p>\n The Christmas double issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now<\/b><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/b>subscribe now<\/b><\/span><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/b>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Michael Potts Published: Sunday, 18 December 2022 at 12:00 am It has been announced that Gareth Southgate will be staying on as England manager following the Three Lions\u2019 exit from the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. England were defeated 2-1 by France in the quarter-finals on Saturday, and Southgate had been cagey about his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27352,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/gareth-southgate-stays-as-england-manager-after-world-cup-2022-exit-to-france-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Michael Potts Published: Sunday, 18 December 2022 at 12:00 am It has been announced that Gareth Southgate will be staying on as England manager following the Three Lions\u2019 exit from the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. England were defeated 2-1 by France in the quarter-finals on Saturday, and Southgate had been cagey about his…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/27351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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