Jamie Carragher believes Gareth Southgate should take England through to the 2026 World Cup in the United States.
Southgate has been crticised for much of the Three Lions Euro 2024 campaign but has the fans back onside having led his side to their second European Championships final on the bounce.
World Cup is the one you leave after
The manager s current England deal expires later this year but Carragher thinks he should stay on for another two years.
Carragher told Sky Sports: “I always feel that an international manager, if the players and his FA don’t want him to leave, then it always feels strange leaving after a Euros. It feels to me that the World Cup is the one you leave after.
“If we’d gone out to Switzerland (in the quarter-finals) he would probably have walked away because there would have been a lot of criticism and the scrutiny that goes with the job, which he has done for a long time.
“But I feel if he comes out of this feeling good – which he should do now whatever happens tonight – I think it would be right to finish it at the World Cup in America.
“If I was in Gareth’s position I would be thinking, ‘Would I want to give this team to someone else and they may be go on and win a World Cup?’ If it was me I’d do a couple more years, and I hope Gareth does the same.”
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Carragher feels England must be at the “top of our game” to beat Spain and win Euro 2024 in Berlin on Sunday.
England were criticised for their level of play at the start of the tournament, but Gareth Southgate’s side produced a far better performance in the 2-1 semi-final victory over the Netherlands.
