What happens next with Southgate decision?

England head Gareth Southgate said "now was not nan time" to denote if he would enactment connected arsenic head aft conclusion by Spain successful Sunday's Euro 2024 final.

Southgate has been successful complaint since 2016, a reign that has taken successful 2 World Cups and 2 European Championships. The Football Association wants him to stay, but his statement ends successful December.

Despite reaching nan semi-final of nan 2018 World Cup and 2 Euros finals, Southgate has faced immoderate criticism.

So what happens next?

No-one tin beryllium judge astir this. Southgate has a statement until December, truthful successful mentation location is nary clip pressure.

However, pinch clubs astir to commencement pre-season and little than 5 weeks to nan commencement of nan 2024-25 Premier League campaign, location is an evident logic why it would beryllium beneficial to person clarity sooner alternatively than later.

England’s adjacent crippled is against nan Republic of Ireland successful Dublin successful nan Nations League connected 7 September.

The September, October and November world double-headers are reserved for Nations League games.

The 2026 World Cup qualifying information tie is group to return spot later this twelvemonth pinch matches opening successful March 2025.

The Football Association's method head John McDermott will beryllium a cardinal figure.

McDermott was caput of academy, coach and subordinate improvement astatine Tottenham for 15 years earlier moving to nan FA successful 2020, initially arsenic adjunct method head to Les Reed.

FA main executive Mark Bullingham and chair Debbie Hewitt are nan astir elder non-football figures astatine nan organisation.

There is nary David Dein aliases David Gill-type beingness connected nan FA Board, personification pinch day-to-day expertise astatine nan ‘sharp end’ of shot administration.

EFL chair Rick Parry is connected nan FA Board and whitethorn supply useful input, while Jobi McAnuff is besides connected nan FA Board. He had a 20-year playing profession crossed 8 clubs, arsenic good arsenic representing Jamaica.

Almost surely location will beryllium an outline plan. But nan FA has not been successful this position since 2016, erstwhile Roy Hodgson resigned aft nan embarrassing Euros exit to Iceland.

Back then, Sam Allardyce came successful but only lasted 67 days earlier he was sacked. Southgate was promoted from England Under-21 leader initially connected an interim basis.

It is simply a measurement of really overmuch has changed since past that Alan Pardew and Steve Bruce were contenders for nan job, while Greg Clarke was nan FA chair and Martin Glenn nan main executive.

The FA has ploughed millions into St George's Park, pinch 1 of nan stated intends for it to go an "inspirational centre for coach education, raising standards successful coaching and elevating it arsenic a profession". Still nary English coach has won nan Premier League.

No English coach was appointed into immoderate of nan 5 top-flight vacancies that existed this summer, though Leicester's Wales-born head Steve Cooper did triumph nan World Cup arsenic England Under-17 coach successful 2017. Eddie Howe has been nan highest-placed English coach for nan past 2 seasons pinch Newcastle finishing 4th successful 2022-23 and seventh past term.

If Southgate is to leave, should nan replacement beryllium English - and besides support a keen oculus connected nan improvement teams arsenic Southgate has done - aliases personification from overseas, who is only willing successful nan elder team, arsenic Fabio Capello and Sven-Goran Eriksson did?

As Southgate tin testify, nan occupation is 1 of nan astir scrutinised successful world football, truthful is apical level acquisition - arsenic a player, aliases manager, aliases some - essential?

These are nan issues nan FA must wrestle pinch arsenic Southgate makes up his mind. As ever, getting free of a coach is nan easy bit. Sorting retired a replacement is acold much difficult.