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Gareth Southgate: Keeping England manager ‘tough ask’ for FA, says technical director Les Reed

FA technical director Les Reed has confessed it might be a”tough ask” to stop Gareth Southgate out of leaving his job as England boss to combine a Premier League club.
Southgate has overseen a transformation as being promoted from his function the summer, resulting in England into the 2018 World Cup semi-finals along with the Nations League finals.
Even the prior experience as a club manager came at Middlesbrough in an spell, by where he was sacked in 2009 soon his side had been expelled in the Premier League.
“It might be a tough ask depending on what he had been offered,” Reed told Sky Sports News. “But I know Gareth’s mindset right now is that he would like to become an England manager that wins something.
“I feel the fascination of becoming the next England boss to take us into a World Cup final is a strong pull and I believe he knows that by doing that his stock’s not likely to return.
“Obviously it’s something which we have at the back of our heads all of the time but I know that Gareth’s motivation is with this particular group and developing this group moving ahead.”
England have taken their remarkable type under Southgate into qualifying for the 2020 Championships and will be looking to maintain their perfect start when they sponsor Kosovo on Tuesday evening.
Southgate’s side conquered Bulgaria 4-0 in Wembley on Saturday to make it three wins from three Group A, together with 14 goals and one surrendered.

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