It’s the biggest job in English football, but the one you’d have to be a bit mad to take. Gareth Southgate raised expectations to a level he eventually found untenable, with two Euros finals and a World Cup semi-final not enough to sate an increasingly vocal portion of the Three Lions fanbase and a voracious media.
Southgate’s departure this summer has opened up a vacancy that still remains open; had the FA been able to appoint a suitable successor already, they would surely have done so by now.
