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England manager Gareth Southgate says helium is "conflicted" astir his future, having "found ample parts of the past 18 months difficult".
Southgate's broadside were knocked retired of the 2022 World Cup connected Saturday, losing 2-1 to France successful the quarter-finals.
Afterwards, the 52-year-old said he would "review and reflect" earlier deciding whether to transportation on.
"I don't privation to beryllium four, 5 months down the enactment reasoning I've made the incorrect call," helium said.
"It's excessively important for everybody to get that wrong."
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Southgate, who was appointed successful October 2016, led England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and a archetypal European Championship last successful 2021.
He has won six knockout games successful large tournaments arsenic Three Lions brag - the aforesaid fig arsenic England won successful the 48 years earlier helium took the helm.
However, England went into the Qatar World Cup connected the backmost of relegation from their Uefa Nations League radical aft 3 defeats and 3 draws.
One of those losses was a 4-0 decision by Hungary successful June astatine the Molineux stadium of Premier League broadside Wolves, during which England fans chanted, 'You don't cognize what you're doing' astatine the manager.
"I've recovered ample parts of the past 18 months difficult," said Southgate, who has a declaration until December 2024.
"For everything that I've loved astir the past fewer weeks, I inactive person however things person been for 18 months. What's been said and what's been written, the nighttime astatine Wolves.
"There are tons of things successful my caput that are truly conflicted astatine the moment, truthful what I privation to marque sure, if it's the close happening to stay, is that I've decidedly got the vigor to bash that."
Southgate's existent England declaration runs until December 2024Southgate has won 49 of his 81 games successful complaint of England, with Saturday's nonaccomplishment to France being his 14th.
His broadside suffered a 2-1 decision by Croatia successful the past 4 of the 2018 World Cup successful Russia aft starring 1-0, and England were beaten connected penalties by Italy successful the Euro 2020 last aft besides starring that lucifer done an aboriginal Luke Shaw goal.
"When I've been done the past fewer tournaments, my emotions person been hard to truly deliberation done decently successful those pursuing fewer weeks," Southgate said.
"It took truthful overmuch vigor retired of you and you person truthful overmuch going done your mind.
"I privation to marque the close determination either mode due to the fact that it has to beryllium the close 1 to spell again, oregon the close 1 not to spell again and I don't deliberation contiguous is the clip to marque a determination similar that.
"Neither are the adjacent fewer days really."
In the aftermath of England's World Cup exit, Southgate's players backed their manager with midfielder Declan Rice saying helium hoped helium continued successful the job.
"I truly anticipation helium stays due to the fact that the halfway radical that we've got and what he's made for us, it's truthful peculiar to beryllium a portion of," said Rice.
"I emotion playing nether him and I emotion playing for England."
Centre-back Harry Maguire said Southgate had been "amazing", portion erstwhile England striker Alan Shearer said successful his BBC Sport file that the manager should enactment due to the fact that helium has "unfinished business".
In their relation arsenic ITV pundits, ex-England internationals Gary Neville and Ian Wright, on with ex-Republic of Ireland skipper Roy Keane, unanimously agreed they would similar to spot Southgate continue, portion BBC pundits Martin Keown and Jermaine Jenas, besides some erstwhile England players, said helium "100%" should transportation on.
Rio Ferdinand, speaking connected his YouTube channel, said a antecedently "pitch-perfect" Southgate had "let america down" with his substitutions against France, but added that helium should not permission the relation arsenic "this communicative hasn't had an ending yet".
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