England manager Gareth Southgate consoles Harry Kane following their World Cup quarter-final defeat to France. Photograph: PAEngland have begun their journey home from Qatar as Gareth Southgate deliberates over his future in the wake of the crushing World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of France.
“I want to make the right decision, whatever that is for the team, for England, for the FA. I’ve got to be sure whatever decision I make is the right one. I think it’s right to take time to do that because I know in the past my feelings have fluctuated in the immediate aftermath of tournaments.” “I wanted to focus totally on this tournament and to approach it in the way that we have. I think we have given a really good account of ourselves to the rest of the world. But, in the end, only one team wins and we wanted to win. Tonight we have just fallen short.”