Southgate plans year out from management

Former England manager Gareth Southgate says helium volition not instrumentality to a coaching relation for astatine slightest a year.

The 54-year-old resigned from the England job aft the decision by Spain successful the Euro 2024 last successful July.

Southgate was appointed arsenic Three Lions brag successful 2016 and guided England to back-to-back Euro finals, arsenic good arsenic a fourth-place decorativeness astatine the 2018 World Cup.

He has been linked with Manchester United amid the uncertainty implicit the aboriginal of Erik 10 Hag astatine Old Trafford.

However, speaking astatine the European Club Association wide assembly successful Athens connected Thursday, Southgate ruled retired an contiguous instrumentality to management.

"I won't manager successful the adjacent twelvemonth for sure, I'm definite of that," helium said. "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.

"I'm enjoying my life, truthful there's nary rush."

Former Liverpool brag Jurgen Klopp announced his instrumentality to the crippled connected Wednesday, taking a relation arsenic planetary caput of soccer astatine Red Bull.

"I'm fortunate that determination are tons of antithetic opportunities that are presenting themselves. The concern broadside of shot is truly interesting," said Southgate.

"I've been invited to talk astatine Harvard and there's tons of breathtaking beingness experiences to have.

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

Southgate says helium volition not manager different planetary squad and volition beryllium cautious earlier returning to the nine environment. He antecedently managed Middlesbrough from 2006 to 2009.

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

"I besides cognize that possibly the smarter radical beryllium successful the boardrooms and the coaches are a small spot much dispensable than 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."

England look Greece successful the Nations League astatine Wembley connected Wednesday evening.

Lee Carsley, who replaced Southgate arsenic interim manager, has won some of his 2 fixtures successful complaint of the Three Lions.