Gareth Southgate will be England's next football coach

Gareth Southgate, the manager of England U-21, will take charge of the senior team's next four matches — against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland, and Spain — across October and November

Gareth Southgate

Gareth Southgate

London: Gareth Southgate, the manager of England U-21, will take charge of the senior team's next four matches — against Malta, Slovenia, Scotland, and Spain — across October and November.

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That means there is less urgency for the FA to hire a new manager with the following game not until March 2017 when England hosts Lithuania in its fifth World Cup qualifier.

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