Gareth Southgate breaks silence on Man Utd manager job links as he gives update on future after England exit

GARETH SOUTHGATE has ruled himself OUT of taking implicit astatine Manchester United for astatine slightest 12 months.

Former England brag Southgate has been a beforehand runner to beryllium the adjacent United prime if the Old Trafford broadside sack under-pressure Erik 10 Hag.

But speaking publically astir his aboriginal for the archetypal clip since leaving the England occupation aft Euro 2024, Southgate said helium has NO volition of taking different coaching occupation until the backmost extremity of 2025 astatine the earliest.

In an quality astatine the European Club Association wide assembly successful Athens, erstwhile helium was asked astir his adjacent imaginable job, Southgate said: “Firstly I’m enjoying my life…so there’s nary rush.

“I was 11 years committing myself afloat to the FA and I’ve got tons of antithetic experiences.

“But I won’t manager successful the adjacent year, for sure. I’m definite of that.

“I request to springiness myself clip to marque bully decisions. When you travel retired of a truly large relation you request to springiness your assemblage time, you request to springiness your caput time.”

Southgate made wide helium is improbable to see different planetary occupation - and adjacent that helium whitethorn look for a relation successful shot OUTSIDE of management.

He added: “I’m fortunate that determination are tons of antithetic opportunities that are presenting themselves. The concern broadside of shot is truly interesting.

“In my relation I’ve dealt with Uefa and Fifa, had to woody with tons of antithetic stakeholders.

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“So I’m not conscionable acceptable connected being a manager moving forward.

Of people I’ve had astonishing experiences but to person a task that was from the heart, which it was from the nationalist team, is going to beryllium hard to find.”

Southgate went on: “I’m astatine an property wherever I privation to enactment with bully people.

“When you’re younger you astir apt strive and are a spot much compliant. When you are older you realise the value of collaboration.

“Clubs tin lone beryllium palmy if everything is aligned, close the mode done the club.

“I besides cognize that possibly the smarter radical beryllium successful the boardrooms and the coaches are a small spot much dispensable past you deliberation erstwhile you are there.

“As a manager you deliberation you’re the astir important person. I sat successful each boardroom successful our state for 8 years and realised you’re lone a tiny portion successful this full thing.”

Coming conscionable a time aft Jurgen Klopp announced his caller relation astatine the Red Bull sporting group, Southgate hinted that helium mightiness beryllium persuaded by a akin offer.

He said: “If you are asking astir nine football, that’s depending connected what that is, what relation that is, what that mightiness be.

“I’ve been fortunate to enactment with fantastic players and immoderate of the biggest nights successful satellite football.

“You’ve got to person excitement, passionateness to spell to enactment each day.

“That’s unlikely, for me, to beryllium different nationalist federation. Because, again, England was for the heart. I went determination primitively to assistance English football, not to go the archetypal squad coach.

“But, the concern of football, the experiences I’ve had moving close crossed the board.

“I’m 54 and privation to bask and beryllium truly motivated for the adjacent 10-15 years of my beingness and the astir important happening is to springiness myself clip to marque bully decisions.”