In the columns of the BBC, the top scorer in the history of the Premier League gave his opinion on the future of the Three Lions.
Will stay or not stay? Appointed in 2016 at the head of the England team, Gareth Southgate has obtained very good results in major international competitions, with a semi-final in 2018 in Russia and a final at Euro 2020, played in 2021. But the defeat in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar against France on Saturday evening necessarily puts its future in question. For Alan Shearer, no doubts, he must stay.
«I know he didn’t bring the trophy we wanted in Qatar, but we need to have an overviewthe top scorer in Premier League history told the BBC. We must also look at the progress made in six years.“Shearer notably compares the successful Southgate period to the results”ashamedof his predecessors and in particular Roy Hodgson.
«Only Southgate can decide to leave. No one at the Federation will tell him he has to leave, and I think that’s a good thing.», Says the former striker, who «really hope“That the current coach makes the choice to stay. One of his arguments is that the playerslove and respect him, and seem happy to play for him.And Shearer concludes: “His work is unfinished.»
