The Euro 2024 final was one England near-miss too many – it was time for Gareth Southgate to go
Gareth Southgate resigns as England manager after Euro 2024 final defeat
If you play as poorly and as ponderously as England did for giant swathes of the European Championship, you have to win. That is the brutal reality by which Gareth Southgate, presiding over the nation’s unenviable distinction as the first to lose back-to-back finals at the tournament, must be judged.
And it is the reason why his eight-year reign in charge, spanning four agonising near-misses, has run its course. A priceless opportunity has gone, and nothing expresses the wasted promise quite like the fact that the finest crop of attacking talent in living memory scored just eight goals in seven games.
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