Pundits’ England boss picks

We asked the Soccer Saturday pundits to predict who the FA will appoint as the next England manager following Sam Allardyce’s departure.

Gareth Southgate has been installed the 6/5 favourite in Sky Bet’s next England manager market after being appointed on as caretaker boss for the next four international fixtures, with Arsene Wenger, Steve Bruce and Glenn Hoddle linked with the permanent role.

Ralf Rangnick is second favourite at 2/1 after Sky sources revealed the FA is keen to speak to former Schalke coach.

Here’s who the Soccer Saturday pundits expect to be appointed…

Phil Thompson says

“As I’ve said before, there’s a lack of top class home-grown managers but I would like it to be somebody English and I would like Gareth Southgate to commit himself to the cause.

“Okay he hasn’t managed one of the top clubs but he’s done well with the Under 21s and I think it would be good for the continuity for the English game.

“I want him to put himself forward for the job and if not then I think somebody else should be running the Under 21s that is being groomed for the senior job.

“I do think he would be a good manager. He’s a good talker, there’s a lot of players coming through from his under-21 group and if he’s got two years of learning in this qualifying campaign, which shouldn’t be difficult to navigate through, he’ll gain enough experience to lead us to the World Cup.”

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