GARETH Southgate looks to have retired as a football manager — by changing his profession on paper to “company director”.
His last match in charge of England was last summer, when Spain beat the Three Lions 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final.
The 54-year-old said after leaving the England job that he would not return to a coaching role for at least a year.
Now former England defender Gareth has given his clearest indication yet that he is packing in football management for good.
Documents for MAS Investment Holdings Limited — the business that handles his £6.2million property portfolio — reveal he has changed his profession from “football manager” to “company director”.
The move seems to back up Gary Lineker, who said after the Euro 2024 final: “I suspect this might be his last game in management.”
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Gareth, who lives in North Yorkshire with wife Alison, had been tipped for a Premier League job, and was linked with Man United before they hired Ruben Amorim.
Instead, he has been taking on temporary roles.
Gareth is a technical observer for European football’s ruling body Uefa and a visiting lecturer at Harvard Business School in the US.
He is also writing a self-help book, which is to focus on leadership.
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It is expected to feature some of the lessons he learned while guiding the Three Lions to two successive European Championship finals.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
