ENGLAND fans voted the team’s best ever manager… and it’s not World Cup-winning legend Sir Alf Ramsey.
Ramsey is the only Three Lions boss to win a trophy in the national team’s near 154-year history, having lifted the World Cup in 1966.
However, that doesn’t seem to be enough for the Tottenham legend to stand out as the all-time best in the eyes of supporters.
According to a research conducted by Amazon Fire TV, fans believe current England boss Gareth Southgate is the greatest to ever grace the dugout.
The research was independently conducted across 2,000 UK residents on behalf of Amazon between April 8 and June 10.
Southgate is the fanbase’s all-time favourite as he earned 37 per cent of the vote.
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Ramsey came second with 28 per cent, which is still a far cry from the man who will lead the national team in Euro 2024.
Southgate revived England upon his arrival in 2016 and even made the fans fall back in love with the team after years of hurt.
The former defender led his country to fourth place in the 2018 World Cup, the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup and the final of Euro 2020.
And thanks to the ex-Middlesbrough boss’ work, the Three Lions now pose among the favourites to win the European championship this summer in Germany.
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Sir Bobby Robson, Terry Venables and Sven-Goran Eriksson complete the top five with 26, 18 and 15 per cent of the vote.
Robson led England to the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup and the semi-finals in 1990.
Venables made it to the semi-finals of Euro 1996 and Eriksson helped the Golden Generation advance to the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 as well as the 2002 and 2006 World Cup.
Kevin Keegan, Roy Hodgson, Glenn Hoddle, Fabio Capello and Graham Taylor complete the top 10.
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Gareth Southgate will take the handbrake off at Euro 2024… because he has no choice
By Charlie Wyett
GARETH SOUTHGATE will have no choice but to take the handbrake off his England team at Euro 2024.
The defensive crisis gripping the Three Lions means the only option in Germany, within reason, will be outright attack.
Southgate has often been lambasted for his safety-first approach — even if he points out you must go back to Walter Winterbottom’s sides in the 1950s to find an England manager with a better scoring record.
But with the crocked Harry Maguire left out, Luke Shaw not fit enough to start the tournament and John Stones having made just 12 Premier League starts this season, this is not a defence you would stake your life on.
The last time England went to a major tournament in Germany — the 2006 World Cup — the four centre-backs selected were Sol Campbell (68 caps), Rio Ferdinand (47), Jamie Carragher (25) and John Terry (24).
This time, when England fly out on Monday, the quartet will be Lewis Dunk (six), Joe Gomez (14), Marc Guehi (ten) and Ezri Konsa (three).
It makes Southgate’s decision not to recall the 49-cap Eric Dier for his provisional squad even stranger — especially considering his strong end to the season with Bayern Munich.
The elder statesman in his defence — and the one who absolutely has to stay fit — is 71-cap Stones.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
