Gareth's managed to find a balance

SOUTHGATE IN NO RUSH FOR TOUCHLINE RETURN

- By Simon Peach

MORE than a year after leaving the England job, Sir Gareth Southgate says he is not actively looking at a return to management.

It is 13 months since the former defender called time on his successful eight-year stint as national team manager in the wake of their Euro 2024 final defeat by Spain in Berlin.

Southgate led England to back-to-back European Championship finals, as well as runs to the World Cup semifinals and quarterfinals, after stepping up from the Under-21s role in 2016.

The 54-year-old suggested during his time out of the game that his next job could be away from football and says he is in no rush to return to the dugout.

Southgate said: “I’m enjoying my life. I’ve got quite a lot on.