Next England manager: Who are the candidates if Southgate walks away?

Gareth Southgate will determine complete nan adjacent fewer days if he wants to transportation connected arsenic England manager.

The 53-year-old has led nan Three Lions for almost 8 years and has a statement that runs until December.

Having travel adjacent to stepping distant aft nan 2022 World Cup successful Qatar, it would not travel arsenic a daze if he decides Euro 2024 was his past tourney successful charge.

The erstwhile Middlesbrough leader has done a good job, reaching nan semifinals of nan 2018 World Cup and nan quarters 4 years later successful summation to 2 European Championship finals, nan second seeing England losing to Spain successful Berlin past night.

Back successful England aft our #EURO2024 travel 🤝 pic.twitter.com/Fr39pd8uYs

— England (@England) July 15, 2024

If he does determine to discontinue and return connected a caller challenge, who are nan contenders to switch him? Here we analyse nan imaginable candidates:

Eddie Howe (Newcastle United)

Having guided Bournemouth from League Two to nan Premier League, Howe moved to Newcastle and has enhanced his estimation connected Tyneside.

He guided nan nine distant from nan little reaches aft being named arsenic Steve Bruce’s successor successful November 2021 earlier his first afloat play successful complaint saw them scope nan last of nan EFL Cup and unafraid qualification for nan Champions League via a fourth-placed finish.

Newcastle recovered it harder successful 2023-24, ending successful seventh spot and exiting nan Champions League successful nan group stage.

His precocious property crippled would beryllium good pinch England’s players, though does person a inclination to alteration tack and beryllium disconnected stronger teams – a maneuver that has not worked for Southgate.

He’s besides comfortable pinch nan media though he received justified disapproval for refusing to reply questions connected nan club’s Saudi Arabian ownership.

Graham Potter (no club)

Potter has been retired of activity since being sacked by Chelsea successful April 2023 aft conscionable 7 months successful charge. He sewage his chance astatine Stamford Bridge pursuing a hugely successful spell pinch Brighton wherever he earned a estimation arsenic a progressive coach that played an expansive, possession-based game.

Has earned praise from Pep Guardiola and Marcelo Bielsa for his tactical flexibility.

Potter has worked his measurement up from crushed level having started pinch Leeds Carnegie earlier moving to Swedish broadside Ostersund and past Swansea City.

Thomas Tuchel (no club)

Another retired of activity aft leaving Bayern Munich a twelvemonth into a two-year contract.

Has forged a estimation arsenic 1 of nan astir innovative coaches successful Europe complete nan past decade and tin boast nan likes of Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea connected an awesome CV.

Won nan Champions League pinch Chelsea and has claimed home titles successful France and Germany.

Has shape for speaking his mind which has caused rumblings pinch erstwhile employers and whitethorn go an rumor pinch nan occasionally intrusive English media.

Remains to beryllium seen if nan FA would name a German to nan role.

Jurgen Klopp (no club)

The dream assignment for galore England fans, who would beryllium happy to place his nationality fixed he spent truthful agelong astatine Liverpool.

Currently connected a sabbatical aft leaving Anfield, it whitethorn require immoderate observant speech – and possibly a caretaker for a fewer months – for nan FA to propulsion this 1 off.

From a stylistic perspective, Klopp would beryllium a awesome fresh if he could reproduce his high-press, precocious tempo gameplan pinch England.

Definitely a agelong shot, however.

Lee Carsley (England Under-21s)

Like Southgate, he would presume nan apical occupation having worked pinch nan Under-21s.

Unlike Southgate, he has small managerial acquisition astatine nine level but did activity arsenic caput coach astatine Brentford and was caretaker leader astatine Coventry City and Birmingham City earlier moving into nan FA strategy to activity pinch nan Under-20s successful 2020.

Was promoted to Under-21 leader successful 2021 and led nan squad to nan European Under-21 Championship trophy 2 years later erstwhile they hit Spain.

Bit of an chartless amount and would beryllium viewed arsenic an underwhelming choice.