• Southgate in process of finalising four-year contract
Gareth Southgate is in the process of finalising a four-year contract with the Football Association, having been formally offered the chance to succeed Sam Allardyce as England manager on a permanent basis.
The national side’s interim manager was interviewed for the position by the FA’s five-man selection panel at St George’s Park on Monday and impressed over a three-hour meeting. He has been offered a deal through to 2020, with a break clause after the 2018 World Cup in Russia that can be triggered by either party, on a salary of around £1.5m-a-year, which is considerably less than that awarded to his predecessors in the senior role.
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