The Football Association (FA) are confident Gareth Southgate will stay on as England manager following his team's World Cup exit.
Southgate is mulling over his future and will have showdown talks with the FA in January. The Three Lions boss, who has been in charge since September 2016, has two years remaining on his existing deal - with the Euros in Germany just 18 months away.
Some critics have called for Southgate to step down after England's failure to win the World Cup, but that would be problematic for the FA because there is no obvious favourite to succeed him. His exit would force the FA to draw up an unwanted shortlist.
