THE FA have posted a job advert as they search for the perfect candidate to replace Gareth Southgate as England manager.
Euro 2024 ended in heartbreak once again for the Three Lions as they lost the final to Spain 2-1.
Southgate announced his resignation soon after the defeat, ending his eight-year spell in charge.
The former boss said it was the “honour of his life” to manage England “but it’s time for change”.
Several managers have already been linked with the job such as Newcastle’s Eddie Howe, ex-Chelsea gaffer Graham Potter and the current Under-21s boss Lee Carsley.
Ambitious moves for the likes of Mauricio Pochettino, Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and Ange Postecoglou have been also been suggested.
Meanwhile, the FA are encouraging those interested to apply and have posted a job advert on their website.
It wastes no time in making it clear the next manager will be tasked with ending the country’s 58-year wait for glory.
Their primary role will be to “lead and develop the England senior men’s team to win a major tournament”.
The FA demand that candidates have a Uefa pro coaching license and significant experience of English football.
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They also say they want an “exceptional leader” with “strong personal values and integrity”, who is “highly resilient” to deal with the “intense public scrutiny”.
Southgate has helped create a positive environment around the England team and someone with a “track record of creating a high performing and positive team culture” is desired.
The FA’s values of “aim high, achieve together and embrace difference” are stated at the bottom of the advert.
Candidates have until August 2 to register their interest.
England are next in action on September 7 against the Republic of Ireland in a Nations League game.
GARETH SOUTHGATE deserved to win a trophy as England manager, write Shaun Custis.
Unfortunately, you don’t always get what you deserve in life.
No man could have worked harder to give the country the silverware it craved and no man cared more about our national team.
As a player he went through agonies after missing that fateful penalty against Germany at Euro 96 — and victory as a manager in the Euro 2024 final against Spain on Sunday would have been a wonderful redemption.
Southgate himself said he didn’t believe in fairytales — and there was to be no happy ending as ultimately England came up short again when it mattered.
But his legacy should be one of great achievement, not of failure.
This is an England boss who transformed our feelings towards the Three Lions.
Hardened fans, who claimed they only cared about their club, fell back in love with England during Gareth’s eight years in charge.
As The Sun’s chief football writer, I followed England through the Sven Göran Eriksson era, on to Steve McClaren, then Fabio Capello and Roy Hodgson.
None of them could hold a candle to Southgate.
Southgate took it on reluctantly and, when the FA then wanted to make his position permanent, he made it clear he had to have free rein to do the job on his terms.
This was to be a new England with no club cliques, no wars with the media and an openness and honesty from coaches and players.
He never believed it was the impossible job as many claimed before him.
Yes, the Euros was a let-down and England were probably lucky to make the final.
But Southgate, by some distance, turned his England team into the most successful since Sir Alf Ramsey’s World Cup winners of 1966.
He gave us plenty of entertainment and fun along the way and a reason to feel proud.
We were even starting to crack it at penalty shoot-outs.
Most importantly, Southgate was a thoroughly decent human being throughout it all, treating everyone with respect — whether you were a player, a fan or part of the media.
Read Sun Head of Sport Shaun Custis’ full opinion on Gareth Southgate’s England exit…
