Manchester City’s boss Pep Guardiola is being considered as a possible replacement for Gareth Southgate, after leading Manchester City to their treble last season.
The Manchester City boss signed an extension at the Etihad last season, which expires in 2025, but England could sweeten things up and take him away from the contract.
There is a possibility that Southgate will step down as England’s manager after next summer’s European Championships.
In 2018, Pep acknowledged his dream of coaching a national team.
“I would like to be an international manager in a national team,” Guardiola admitted in 2018 when speaking at Liverpool University. “It will happen because every three days I would like to be involved but a little bit calm, and play more golf, now I don’t have time to play.
“Sooner or later it is going to happen, if I have a chance with an international team, if they come knocking at my door,” he added.
In 2021, Pep gave his view when asked whether he’d consider taking up a role with the Three Lions.
“Gareth has done an incredible job, reaching the final of the Euros and the semi-finals of the [2018] World Cup,” he opined. “This is a huge success for English football. I am not here to take anyone’s position. It is not my target. As long as it is possible to be here, as much as my energy is there and my love for what I am doing is here, [I will be]. After that, I don’t know what is going to happen.”
