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Gareth Southgate reacts to rumours of applying for new national team job

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Former England manager Gareth Southgate has addressed the chances of returning to management, amid “strange” rumours with a new national side.

What Southgate has been doing since leaving England role

The former Three Lions boss left his role as national team manager in 2024 following the European Championship final defeat to Spain.

Thomas Tuchel has since taken over as England manager, with Southgate talking about England’s current crop of players.

“I think they’ve obviously got lots of good players. There is, as always, some exciting young players coming through. It’s important for me not to say too much more than that, really, because I don’t want to step on Thomas’ toes at all.”

Gareth Southgate's England record

Games	102
Wins	64
Draws	20
Losses	18
Average goals scored per game	2.25
Average goals conceded per game	0.84
Players used	99

The 54-year-old, who was linked with Man Utd last year, also told the PA news agency what he has been up to since resigning from the England job, speaking at the PFA Awards in Manchester.

“I’m enjoying my life. I’ve got quite a lot on. I’m in the middle of writing a book, I’ve got several business interests. I do some work on leadership, help with some young coaches.

“But I’ve also got time to travel and play a bit of golf, play a bit of paddle tennis, so yeah, I’m very much enjoying that balance.”

Southgate calls links to national team “strange”

Southgate was then asked if he is looking at returning to management, to which he described rumours linking him to the Poland job over the summer as “strange”.

There were claims that Southgate applied for the role to the Polish FA back in June but was rejected.

“You can’t say never to anything because 15 years ago I left Middlesbrough and I wasn’t certain I would manage then. Then I ended up on a strange path into managing the national team. But it’s not something I’m actively looking at at the moment.”

“I am kind of used to it. I mean, I was linked with the Poland job, which I knew nothing about, so that was a strange one. Something gets written and then it’s reported everywhere, but yeah, there’s probably a lot of others, but I kind of accept it now for what it is.”

Poland ended up appointing Jan Urban as their new manager back in July, replacing Michal Probierz after star striker Robert Lewandowski announced he would not play for the team under Probierz.

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