Long enough for Gareth Southgate to get some of the sleep he predicted he would need. But much of what happened in the summer will follow Southgate to Hungary where England play in Budapest a week on Thursday. Gareth Southgate and England return to action next week for the first time since Italy agonyBack in the second week of July, once England had beaten Denmark in the semi-final of the Euros, Southgate was being talked about as the national coach for the next 10 years. England were in a major tournament final for the first time in more than half a century. He has taken England to a World Cup semi-final and a Euros final in his near five-year tenure.

Source: The Nation August 25, 2021 21:45 UTC