Gareth Southgate admits England have to win at a major tournament for the first time since 1966 for him to be considered a success.
The Three Lions boss has worked wonders since taking over from Sam Allardyce in 2016.
He has taken England to a World Cup semi-final, along with the final at Euro 2020, where Italy emerged victories on penalties.
But the 52-year-old has been no stranger to criticism, with many of the opinion that England should have gone beyond the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Cup.
Speaking to talkSPORT on Thursday, Southgate acknowledged the improvement his side have made under his tutelage, but claimed he knows they soon have to win a trophy.
Asked about England's 2-1 defeat to France in Qatar, he said: «I haven't over the last few months thought too much about the World Cup, in our head, we're on to the next challenge.
»But my feelings aren't much different to what they were walking off the pitch that night, watching the games back, I feel pretty much as I did then.
«We performed at a good level, I think our performances during the tournament were a step-up from where we've been, we won the games we should win.
»And in the end, we should have beaten France on the flow of that game, and all the stats from that game would say it's a game we should have won.
«I think people responded well to how we played, but from our side, we thought it was an acceptable tournament, we weren't coming back doing cartwheels about it.»
Responding to Jim White's question about whether he fears his legacy at England will end up being a 'glorious failure', Southgate remarked: «I think that depends on how you define success.
»Because where the team were in 2016 and the sort of team that we with in 2018 [World Cup in Russia], to get as
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