Utd job available at 'wrong time' for Southgate
Many feel that, while Southgate would be a good fit for the role, the Old Trafford vacancy has arisen at an awkward time for England manager.
Recent rumours suggest that England boss Gareth Southgate is being discussed for the permanent managerial role at Manchester United, after having a stellar reign as the manager of the national side, leading England to the World Cup semi-finals and the Nations League finals, during his two years in charge. However, Dominic Fifield, journalist for 'Sky Sports- The Sunday Supplement' argues that the current state of the national team means that it would be bad timing for Southgate to abandon the project.
On his appearance on the journalist panel show, Fifield argued: "I don't think he would necessarily think [it was impossible to turn down]. He's so set upon the project he's embarked upon with England, I think initially he was pinching himself he had this opportunity to manage the national team. But the way it went in the summer and he's been given the leeway to make it his own, in the style he wants to play and develop the younger players, he'll see that as a longstanding project and aim now towards 2022 and hence the new contract."
Fifield added: "He's ambitious, it could be a job he could come back to in the future post-England, if he does well in the next two major tournaments, I don't think he'll see this as his one major crack to be a manager of an elite club. I don't think the timing is right for him at the moment but in the long-term, coming back in at that level is feasible."