Gareth Southgate will remain England manager until Euro 2024 despite France’s elimination from the World Cup

Gareth Southgate will remain England manager until Euro 2024 after being encouraged that public sentiment seems to have turned in his favor despite the side’s elimination from last weekend’s World Cup against France.

The FA has not been given a final decision but is preparing to tell FA bosses he will stay for the final two years of his contract.

Those who know Southgate thought he was going down this route and it now seems certain the FA will not need to launch a search for a new manager, which will come as a relief after stating his desire for his job continues.

Gareth Southgate (pictured) will remain England manager for at least two more years

Southgate has committed to completing the remaining two years of his contract with the nation

The Three Lions boss has guided England to the semi-finals of the World Cup and the final of Euro 2020

Southgate was hugely impressed by the public’s reaction to his return to England, sensing the positive sentiment that flowed from how well England were playing and the nation’s desire to see the team up front.

England’s leading players have also urged him to stay after the loss to France and begged him to do the same. Southgate will likely feel like he would let her down if he stopped now.

However, it is clear that he entered the tournament with the expectation of retiring. He had already hinted at how affected he was by the boos at Molineux last June following their 4-0 defeat by Hungary and the underlying outpouring of negativity towards him.

According to the report in The Sunday Times that Southgate was planning to see his contract, in a story written by Southgate’s biographer, the manager was on the verge of announcing he would quit after the World Cup because he thought if the Fans would know if he left it would take the heat out of the situation.

His assistant Steve Holland talked him out of it.

However, last week Southgate noted how balanced the media and public have been in their reaction to disappointment at the elimination.

Unlike the Euro 2020 final, when the occasion was marred by hooliganism, racist attacks on players on social media and anger at Southgate, this was a more unified experience as the consensus was that England pushed the world champions to their limits .

There was very little backlash against Southgate. That means Southgate will be back at the top in a tricky Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy in Naples in March, followed by a home game against Ukraine at Wembley.

With just 18 months to go before Euro 2024 and with Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden now establishing themselves as key figures of the England team, the temptation to move on was quite obvious.

With France and England now the strongest sides on the continent in terms of squad depth and quality, it would be out of character for Southgate to take on that challenge.

When the FA sacked Roy Hodgson in 2016, Southgate initially ruled himself out of the running, which saw Sam Allardyce appointed. Southgate was quick to regret this and therefore came out when Allardyce was fired after just 67 days, explaining that he pushed his children to take risks and embrace challenges and therefore could not turn a blind eye to such a great opportunity.

It seems he is currently in a similar mindset. Leaving now would be half the job.