Gareth Southgate probably won’t be in his job in seven days’ time. If England win the final against Spain on Sunday, it will be Sir Gareth, and he’ll be off. If England lose, Southgate’s critics – temporarily silenced by the victory over the Netherlands – will re-emerge to slag off his ‘boring’ team for ‘bottling it’ again.
Southgate deserves better than this. He is not perfect, as some football journalists imply (you end up suspecting they’re particularly chummy with the right people).
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