Report: Southgate expected to sign new 4-year England contract
Gareth Southgate is reportedly set to lead England into the 2022 World Cup.
Following the national team's unexpected run to the semi-final in Russia, the Guardian's Dominic Fifield reports the Football Association is poised to hand Southgate a new bumper four-year contract.
The 48-year-old is expected to sign a deal worth £3 million per year. His previous contract, worth a reported £1.8 million per year, was set to expire after Euro 2020.
The FA apparently moved quickly to satisfy Southgate after losing former technical director Dan Ashworth to Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.
Chief executive Martin Glenn told reporters last month the FA wanted Southgate to remain England's manager beyond 2020.
"Gareth is on a journey," Glenn said. "He loved the World Cup and he's built his own belief that we can go further and that motivates him and (assistant) Steve Holland. One of the most powerful things he said after our (semi-final) defeat to Croatia was, 'We haven't done the job.'"
Southgate earned plaudits for restoring the country's previously frayed relationship with the national team. His conciliatory press conference and famous waistcoat made the former Middlesbrough boss a favorite of the press.
It all came together in Russia, where the Three Lions beat Tunisia, Panama, Colombia, and Sweden en route to their first World Cup semi-final since Italia '90.
Southgate's great attention to detail on penalties gave his players the wherewithal to defeat Colombia on spot-kicks in the last 16, and his adaption of basketball's pick-and-roll technique made England a difficult opponent on set pieces.
He's already begun the process of bedding in England's next crop of young players, electing not to call up the likes of Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, and Joe Hart to his most recent squad.
"We're three games into a new season and we looked through a lot of different players over the last couple of years and decided that, because of the way we want to play and the type of players we want to work with, that there are some guys that didn't fit that model," Southgate said prior to England's first Nations League matches.
"And so now we're into a fresh cycle of probably not going back to players that have been in before and that we've had a good look at."