Former England manager Gareth Southgate has addressed the chances of returning to management, amid “strange” rumours with a new national side.
What Southgate has been doing since leaving England role
The former Three Lions boss left his role as national team manager in 2024 following the European Championship final defeat to Spain.
Thomas Tuchel has since taken over as England manager, with Southgate talking about England’s current crop of players.
“I think they’ve obviously got lots of good players. There is, as always, some exciting young players coming through. It’s important for me not to say too much more than that, really, because I don’t want to step on Thomas’ toes at all.”
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The 54-year-old, who was linked with Man Utd last year, also told the PA news agency what he has been up to since resigning from the England job, speaking at the PFA Awards in Manchester.
“I’m enjoying my life. I’ve got quite a lot on. I’m in the middle of writing a book, I’ve got several business interests. I do some work on leadership, help with some young coaches.
“But I’ve also got time to travel and play a bit of golf, play a bit of paddle tennis, so yeah, I’m very much enjoying that balance.”
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ByRoss Kilvington Southgate calls links to national team “strange”
Southgate was then asked if he is looking at returning to management, to which he described rumours linking him to the Poland job over the summer as “strange”.
There were claims that Southgate applied for the role to the Polish FA back in June but was rejected.
Poland ended up appointing Jan Urban as their new manager back in July, replacing Michal Probierz after star striker Robert Lewandowski announced he would not play for the team under Probierz.
