Southgate resigns (merged)

Steps  Down as England Manager

Who's next

He's had enough years, nobody should hog the position.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c978e37ld7ro

Who next?

Only one man can bring pass and move to this England team....time for Sir Alan Buckley to take charge!

Back in the real world though, who'd want the job? Has to be the highest pressure job in football outside of being the Brazil head coach, and you can't impact the team in the way you can as a club manager.  I guess the upside to it is the FA don't need to make a decision straight away, there's time to try and get it right

I’ve been a huge fan of Southgate these last 8 years, and think he deserves immense credit for transforming the reputation of the England team, which was a laughing stock before his arrival.

Perhaps though he will be remembered as a man brilliant at getting England to the line, but not quite over it. We now need someone who can do both - is there an Englishman out there capable of that feat?

I don’t think Howe would take it, nor would I particularly want him. Potter has been out of work for a while, had Brighton performing some lovely stuff (but not quite as lovely as De Zerbi), but didn’t cope well with a high-pressure at Chelsea.

I think people would be broadly unhappy if the FA defaulted to Carsley. That wouldn’t represent the step change people want to see.

Lampard? Surely not!?

Then we’re very quickly into foreigners, aren’t we. I think based on the limited pool of available English managers, that feels like the most likely direction.

The one that comes to mind first who I think will get it is Eddie Howe the problem a part from probably slightly better football he's carbon copy of Southgate's personality the way he acts with media, I heard people saying he has a project with Newcastle but he nearly got sacked last season.

My perfect choice is the Spain manager he got Spain playing more direct with high press his Spain side did everything England fans wanted England to play.

In my opinion we should look for the best manager out there, regardless of what Nationality he is.

I've been critical of Southgate ths tournament and think it was the right time for him to step down, but it doesn't take away from the job he's done. He'll obviously be remembered for taking us to two finals but it's arguably the work he's done changing the culture around the set up that was most important. He's left the team in a great place and it feels like the next appointment is a huge one, with so much potential for success at the next two tournaments.

Howe would be my pick as his personality is similar to Southgate's but he's better tactically, so it would be evolution rather than revolution. Bournemouth played some great attacking football in the prem but he changed his style at Newcastle to make them one of the best defensive forces (in his first full season). That kind of tactical adaptable is handy in tournament football.

Before the announcement I saw Gerrard and Lampard's names mentioned. They would leave me cold, neither of them have amazing records.

Who can bring us sexy football?

I suspect it will be Howe or Potter. Hopefully not one of the golden generation who, barring a Scottish title, have flopped in management.

As for foreigners, Pep? Joachim Low? Tuchel? Emery? Zizou?

Klopp