German was linked with replacing Gareth Southgate‘It would be the biggest loss of face in football,’ he insists Jürgen Klopp has ruled himself out of the race to replace Gareth Southgate as England manager, claiming it would constitute the “biggest loss of face in the history of football” were he to take the job so soon after leaving Liverpool in order to have a break from the sport. Klopp has been linked with the national team post vacated by Southgate in the wake of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat by Spain, alongside the likes of Eddie Howe, Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino. But the German, who departed from Liverpool at the end of last season after a hugely successful nine-year spell at Anfield because he was “running out of energy”, has now moved to distance himself from such speculation. Continue reading...

USWNT to face Lionesses in friendly on 30 NovemberEngland also host Germany at Wembley on 25 October Emma Hayes will return to London in November for a mouthwatering showdown with Sarina Wiegman when the United States take on England in a friendly at Wembley. Hayes left her role as Chelsea manager after 12 years at the end of last season to take charge of the US women’s team. The 47-year-old will bring her new side to London on Saturday, 30 November, as part of the Lionesses’ preparations for their European title defence. Continue reading...

Leicester sign forward Noémie MouchonTop academies invited into cup for lower-tier clubs The England defender Jess Carter has signed for the NWSL club Gotham from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee. The 26-year-old has played 36 times for the Lionesses and been a key player for the champions since joining from Birmingham City in 2018. She is understood to have signed a deal until the end of the 2026 NWSL season. Carter’s fiancee, the Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, signed for New Jersey-based Gotham from Chelsea in April. Continue reading...

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Jonathan Wilson as Football Weekly returns from it’s summer break Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; with Gareth Southgate announcing he is resigning as England manager, the panel debate who is best suited to replace him. Continue reading...

Manchester United goalkeeper was coach at Euro 2024‘He’s changed the feel of it. Changed the expectation’ Tom Heaton believes some fans may regret Gareth Southgate’s resignation, with the goalkeeper who was part of the coaching staff at Euro 2024 stating that people may come to regard the outgoing England manager as having done an “incredible job”. In eight years in charge, Southgate led England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and the quarter-finals four years later, and to the finals of Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Yet uneven form at the last of these caused a sizeable constituency of supporters to vent their ire, with Southgate drawing particularly fierce abuse. Two days after England’s 2-1 defeat by Spain, Southgate announced his resignation. The Manchester United keeper was asked if some fans may come to rue this. Continue reading...

The latest news and build-up to Euro 2024 finalGet in touch! Email Yara | Golden Boot standings The Football Association will attempt to convince Gareth Southgate to remain as England manager regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s final against Spain, the Telegraph reports. It was expected Southgate would leave after the Euros in Germany, his fourth major international tournament as England manager. But the FA have been impressed with the way Southgate has changed perceptions of the England team since he took charge in 2016. Continue reading...

Losing Euro 2020 final still hurts the midfielder, whose partnership with Kobbie Mainoo is blossoming It always comes back to control with England. In the very biggest matches, with the stakes high and the pressure rising, they have never quite been able to stay on top of things under Gareth Southgate. Indeed, as Declan Rice bounced over for a chat in the aftermath of England winning their semi-final against the Netherlands thanks to expert finishing from Ollie Watkins, what he remembered most was squandering the initiative after going up 1-0 against Italy in the Euro 2020 final. Three years on, the memory of Roberto Mancini’s tactical adjustments, Marco Verratti and Jorginho outpassing England and the eventual defeat on penalties still hurt. Continue reading...

England manager: Spain are ‘rightly favourites’ for titleSouthgate: substitutes’ impact ‘so powerful for group’ Gareth Southgate is confident ­England have enough character and knowhow to play the “tactically ­perfect” game that will be vital to becoming European champions at Spain’s expense on Sunday. Southgate, who is wary of Luis de la Fuente’s side having an extra day to prepare for the showpiece in ­Berlin, did not downplay the size of the task that awaits England after they reached their first major final on foreign soil thanks to Wednesday’s victory over the Netherlands. Continue reading...

Manager has come under heavy fire during Euro 2024 but has always been open, honest and reasonable and should be praised At the very end of a long, emotional night in Dortmund, Gareth Southgate reached for his heart and held it out to the room. Always generous to England’s travelling supporters, perhaps because he would be watching alongside them given half a chance, he reflected on the scenes of delirium still unfolding outside. “We all want to be loved, right?” he said, half-laughing and not really asking a question at all. “So when you’re doing something for your country and you’re a proud Englishman, and you don’t feel that back and all you read is criticism, it’s so hard. To give our fans a night like this means a lot. We’re kindred spirits in many ways.” Continue reading...

Women’s manager encourages men to ‘bring it home’Lionesses in final two games for Euro 2025 qualification Sarina Wiegman has urged England’s men’s team to “bring it home” after they reached the Euro 2024 final but said her “orange heart hurt” after Ollie Watkins’s late goal knocked out the Netherlands. “You want a political answer?” the Lionesses’ manager quipped when asked about her feelings after England’s 2-1 win over her home country. “To be really, really honest, I wish the very best for Gareth [Southgate] and his team. We are colleagues, but it did hurt a little bit, my orange heart hurt.” Continue reading...

The best social media reaction from England's semi-final win over the Netherlands, including fans apologising to Gareth Southgate.

Tournaments don’t always make much sense so can Gareth Southgate’s side live up to the perception of destiny? Ivory Coast lost their second group game at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations and followed it up by losing their third, 4-0 to Equatorial Guinea. They were, by any realistic assessment, on their way out of a tournament they were hosting, especially when Ghana went 2-0 up against Mozambique, which seemed to close off the possibility of the Ivorians going through as one of the four best third-place teams. But then Mozambique scored twice in injury-time, Ivory Coast snuck through, sacked their manager and, after equalising with an 86th-minute penalty against Senegal, and equalising in the last minute when down to 10 men against Mali, the rest was history. Continue reading...

Get all the latest news and views from GermanyPlayer guide | Golden Boot | And you can mail Yara This tournament has been filled with so many up and downs for England, it is hard to believe that they’re now in this position. But they’re in a final. The rabbits keep coming out of the hat. There is something magical about a team that can keep taking blows but somehow find ways to clamber off the canvas. For here, after the wonder of Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick against Slovakia and the nerveless penalty shootout against Switzerland, was a moment that will go stand the test of time – and, thanks to Ollie Watkins and Cole Palmer, will forever serve as the perfect riposte to those who have pinned the blame for every disappointment on on Southgate’s in-game management. England’s manager has been derided, mocked and even showered with empty cups of beer. His tactics have been questioned and he has been told that he always get easy draws But when Southgate turned to his bench with 10 minutes left here, how satisfying it must have been for the two players he introduced for a tiring Harry Kane and Phil Foden to be the architects of the goal that carried England into their first ever final overseas. Continue reading...

Gareth Southgate must decide on a back three or four, counter Cody Gakpo and weigh up Harry Kane’s struggles Precedent has gone out of the window. Gareth Southgate has always been a cautious manager, somebody who drew up his blueprints and stuck to them – and then came this tournament. Having failed to identify a partner for Declan Rice at the back of midfield, he has chopped and changed; that, allied to the lack of left-footed full-backs, led to the switch to a back three against Switzerland. Luke Shaw was fit enough to play the final 12 minutes plus extra time of that game so it may be he can start and offer natural width on the left. Even if he does, given the greater fluency of England in the first half of the quarter-final, it seems likely the back three will be retained. That then means either Kieran Trippier as right wing-back with Bukayo Saka moved into the forward line and, probably, Phil Foden missing out; or, more likely, Saka remaining at wing-back and Trippier standing down. Trippier, though, is one of England’s more vocal organisers and, with no Harry Maguire or Jordan Henderson, that may be a quality Southgate is reluctant to lose. Continue reading...