Southgate enters the age of unreason, where he can’t win even if he wins | Barney Ronay
It’s Gareth’s Conundrum: fail to win the Euros and he’ll be cast as a fraud; win and he’ll be jeered for not winning more
Fail again. Fail better. Or maybe, with a following wind and some luck, don’t fail at all. By now it probably won’t make much difference either way. Not when it comes to things such as legacy, impact and understanding the journey from there to here. Welcome to Late Gareth, the age of unreason.
As Gareth Southgate embarks on his fourth and surely final tournament as England manager, kicking off with Sunday’s understatedly tricky Euro 2024 opener against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen, something else has become increasingly clear.
