Gareth Southgate reveals his family convinced him to stay with England

Gareth Southgate reveals his family convinced him to stay on as England boss after he was close to QUITTING following the World Cup… as he speaks for first time since committing future to Three Lions until at least Euro 2024

• Gareth Southgate last month committed his future to England until Euro 2024
• He considered quitting after England’s World Cup quarter-final exit to France 
• Southgate revealed his family helped convinced him to stay as Three Lions boss  

Gareth Southgate has revealed his family convinced him to stay in charge of England after admitting he was close to quitting after the World Cup.

The national team head coach is now planning for the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, but he came close to walking away from the job after Qatar.

England fans began to turn on Southgate in the lead up to the tournament, particularly after the embarrassing 4-0 home loss to Hungary last summer.

Gareth Southgate has revealed his family helped to convince him to stay in charge of England

Southgate came under pressure ahead of the World Cup after England lost 4-0 to Hungary

He was left bitterly disappointed with England’s quarter-final exit to France at the World Cup, despite the fact his team dominated the game for large sections.

And the head coach has confessed that he gave serious thought to leaving before his family intervened.

‘They (my family) left Doha saying you’ve got to give this one more go and try to get this trophy,’ Southgate told ITV News.

The Three Lions boss considered quitting after their World Cup quarter-final exit to France

However, Southgate last month committed his future to England until the end of Euro 2024

‘There was negativity about me being in charge and the last thing I wanted was for that to be the over-arching feeling going into a World Cup when you need the fans and everybody behind the team.

‘You need that energy; you need that sense of togetherness. And if the debate was only going to be about finding flaws in what we were doing, in order that I go at the end, then that would have been very difficult for the team to perform at their best.’

On the supporter abuse he faced, Southgate added: ‘I don’t think anybody would choose to walk over at the end of a game and get abuse, but I’ve also been in football long enough to know that.

‘I can deal with it, and you’ve got to lead your players through those moments as well. I don’t think anybody could say they enjoy it, but it also isn’t going to determine exactly what I do and what I don’t do.’ 

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