HE'S GARETH SOUTHGATE GREAT

Former England boss loving life away from the dug-out and isn't looking to get back into management

- BY SIMON PEACH

GARETH SOUTHGATE insists he is not actively looking at a return to management after leaving the England job last year.

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

Southgate guided 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.

“I'm enjoying my life,” he said (Southgate chatting with David Beckham at Wimbledon, bottom).