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WIN OR BUST

Southgate will not stick about if England f lop

By Rob Draper CHIEF FOOTBALL WRITER

GARETH SOUTHGATE has indicated that it’s win or bust for England at Euro 2024, with his future in the job dependent on the national team ending their 58-year wait for a trophy.

Southgate’s team are almost certain to make the Euros in Germany next summer but have qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia next month.

Southgate considered whether he would quit after defeat in the last World Cup but stayed after a positive reaction to the team. Asked whether 2024 would be his last tournament, he said: ‘Who knows? I think we’ll have to go very, very well for that to be a possibility in anyone’s eyes. That’s fair enough.

‘My aim is to try to win the tournament. Every conversation I have with the players now is geared around that. What happens in the future isn’t at the forefront of my mind.

‘Trying to win this European Championship is. You have a feel about what’s right and what isn’t right. We’re going to have to play well and go a long way in the tournament for that [staying on] even to be a consideration.’

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