Gareth Southgate closing in on England job

Gareth Southgate has completed his formal interview to become England’s next manager and could be appointed by the end of the month.

Southgate, who has been in charge of the national side for the past four matches on an interim basis, met with a five-man panel to outline his vision of the future at St George’s Park yesterday, and no other candidates have been invited for interview at this stage.

Assessing Southgate’s pitch was a Football Association panel comprising chairman Greg Clarke, chief executive Martin Glenn and technical director Dan Ashworth, with League Managers’ Association chairman Howard Wilkinson, and former England left-back Graeme Le Saux also present in an advisory capacity.