ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate is having a think about his future following the Euro 2024 final but he said he would make a decision in days rather than weeks.

The 53-year-old has been in charge of the national team since 2016 and last night’s game was his second successive European Championship final as manager.

Southgate’s future beyond this summer’s tournament is unclear as the England manager’s contract with the Football Association expires later this year.

The former defender considered his position after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but said today that he was still unsure whether now was the right time to move on.

“The way my emotions have gone over the last five weeks, it would be ridiculous for me to think about anything beyond Sunday,” Southgate said.

“We’ve got time to make decisions and I won’t need weeks, but also I think I’ve earned the right to give myself a few days just to think things through.”

Jamie Carragher said he felt that Southgate should stay on and take England through to the 2026 World Cup in the United States.

The former defender said: “I always feel that an international manager, if the players and his FA don’t want him to leave, then it always feels strange leaving after a Euros. It feels to me that the World Cup is the one you leave after.

“If I was in Gareth’s position I would be thinking, ‘Would I want to give this team to someone else and they may be go on and win a World Cup?’ If it was me I’d do a couple more years, and I hope Gareth does the same.”