<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/kane-in-pain-it-hurts-we-wanted-to-win-this-for-gareth-23364384" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Gareth Southgate</strong></a> resigned as England manager on Tuesday, two days after they lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, with Prince William describing him as an &ldquo;all-round class act&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time for change, and for a new chapter. Sunday&rsquo;s final in Berlin against Spain was my final game as England manager,&rdquo; Southgate said in a statement.&nbsp;</p>
<p>William, who attended the 1-2 defeat to Spain in his role as Football Association president, paid a fulsome tribute to Southgate on social media. &ldquo;Thank you for showing humility, compassion, and true leadership under the most intense pressure and scrutiny,&rdquo; said the heir to the British throne.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Prince William hails Gareth</h2>
<p>&ldquo;And thank you for being an all-round class act. You should be incredibly proud of what you&rsquo;ve achieved. W.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The names immediately mentioned as 53-year-old Southgate&rsquo;s successor are Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, and two former Chelsea managers, Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino. Former international defender Southgate took over in 2016 when England&rsquo;s fortunes were at a low ebb&mdash;they had exited the Euros after defeat to Iceland and then Roy Hodgson&rsquo;s successor Sam Allardyce had to resign over a scandal. Southgate, who is also credited for restoring pride to the team as well as turning the players into role models off the pitch, said the job had been a dream of a lifetime for him. &ldquo;As a proud Englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for England and to manage England,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It has meant everything to me, and I have given it my all.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Southgate steadily introduced change and led England to three semi-finals and to the last two European Championship finals.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Marked improvement in team</h2>
<p>Prior to Southgate, the Three Lions had reached just three major tournament semi-finals and one final in their history, when they won the 1966&nbsp;<br />World Cup.</p>
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