5 big questions facing Gareth Southgate after England’s Euro 2024 qualification
England’s impressive victory over Italy at Wembley on Tuesday night confirmed their qualification for Euro 2024.
While there are still two qualifiers still to play in November, attention will already be shifting to how England end a 58-year wait for a major men’s trophy in Germany next summer.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the key questions Gareth Southgate will need to answer between now and the start of the finals as he prepares to lead England into a fourth tournament as manager.
Harry Maguire is one of a number of players who position could be under threat
Southgate has always remained loyal to players he feels he can trust and who have not let him down when they have turned out for England.
Among the current crop, former Manchester United captain Harry Maguire and Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips started the win over the Azzurri despite playing a combined total of 186 Premier League minutes so far this season.
Whether their places in Southgate’s plans are sustainable if such a dearth of club football remains is something only the England manager will know – likewise with Jordan Henderson plying his trade in the Saudi Pro League and whether the competition there is enough to keep the former Liverpool man competitive.
Southgate led England to the final of Euro 2020 as he aims to break their run without silverware
There was plenty of speculation that Southgate would leave his position after the World Cup in Qatar.
England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by France but that did not deter Southgate’s belief that he could achieve something special with the players at his disposal.
His contract, however, expires next year and, having been at the helm since 2016, he may be tempted to seek a new
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