Former Crystal Palace midfielder Gareth Southgate is set to be offered a £1.5m-a-year contract until 2020 to become the next England manager after a successful spell as caretaker manager, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The 46-year-old’s four game reign as the caretaker manager of the national side ends tonight at Wembley with Spain the visitors in the final game of this current international break.
His time in charge of the side, after the dismissal of Sam Allardyce who was at the center of a footballing scandal, has seen England win twice and pick up a single draw.
Southgate climbed up the ranks at Crystal Palace with the Hertfordshire born youngster joining the academy at a young age, progressing into the first team in 1988.
The midfielder went on to make 152 appearances for the Eagles where he had a spell as captain which saw the team win the 1993-94 First Division title. He moved to Aston Villa for a fee of £2.5m in 1995.
Andros Townsend is the only Palace player to have been called up to the England squad during Southgate’s time in temporary charge of the national side with fans questioning the exclusion of Wilfried Zaha who had been in better form than the summer signing from Newcastle.
Speaking after training at Tottenham Hotspur’s Enfield training ground ahead of the fixture against Spain at Wembley, Southgate said: “My view is you manage every game like you’re going to be there forever and make decisions for the long term.
“If that doesn’t work then fine, but for any club or organisation you have to think about the long term. In terms of decision-making, what I think is right for us to be successful in the future.”
