Gareth Southgate may be new to senior international management but as he prepares for the second half of a four-game audition for a role he is enjoying more than he expected, he admits he had concerns England would pay for their lack of big-match experience at Euro 2016.
Having inherited Sam Allardyce’s selection when stepping into the breach in September, the interim head coach will name his England squad on Sunday evening for the games against Scotland and Spain. Then he aims to broaden the leadership net to help the developing talent take greater responsibility and avoid the kind of freeze that cost Roy Hodgson’s players so ignominiously against Iceland in France.
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