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Benjamin Lynch

Odds on potential Gareth Southgate replacement after huge England defeat

Gareth Southgate is facing questions about his future after a crushing defeat at home to Hungary in the Nations League.

It was England's biggest home defeat in 94 years, when Scotland ran out 5-1 winners in March 1928.

After the boos cascaded down the concrete terraces of Molineux, a defiant Southgate was condemned to ask supporters to stay with the team after chants of "you don't know what you're doing" directed at him rang out.

He is the most successful England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey guided the boys of 1966 to World Cup glory over West Germany at Wembley.

Leading England in two major tournaments, Southgate took the Three Lions to a semi-final, the first since 1996 in the 2018 World Cup, followed by narrowly losing the Euros final on penalties.

Southgate said: "The responsibility lies with me for that. But it was also difficult to put the strongest team out in every game, so we used it to prepare for Qatar."

So is Southgate facing pressure as England boss, and who could his replacement be?

Who could replace Gareth Southgate as England manager?

Graham Potter is the favourite to take over from Southgate ((Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images))

A few names are tipped with replacing Gareth Southgate as England manager, including Newcastle's Eddie Howe and Graham Potter at Brighton.

Ladbrokes currently has Potter, who recently guided Brighton to a ninth-place finish in the Premier League, as a 7/2 replacement.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Fans are starting to turn on Southgate, and the latest odds suggest it's increasingly unlikely we'll be hearing Whole Again ringing around Qatar stadiums later this year."

Eddie Howe follows on 7/1, with former Tottenham and Southampton boss Mauricio Pochettino, who recently left French champions PSG, on 10/1.

Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard remain typically hard to split after Lampard turned around Everton's fortunes and saved them from relegation, while Gerrard is currently manager of Aston Villa.

Both are on 12/1, a combined 220 England caps between them and are joint with Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers.

Newly promoted Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper follows on 14/1.

The full list is as follows:

  • Graham Potter - 7/2
  • Eddie Howe - 7/1
  • Mauricio Pochettino - 10/1
  • Frank Lampard - 12/1
  • Steven Gerrard - 12/1
  • Brendan Rodgers - 12/1
  • Steve Cooper - 14/1
  • Steve Holland - 16/1
  • Arsene Wenger - 16/1
  • Sean Dyche - 16/1
  • Pep Guardiola - 20/1
  • Jose Mourinho - 25/1
  • Scott Parker - 25/1
  • Dean Smith - 25/1

Is Gareth Southgate under pressure?

Southgate was defended by captain Harry Kane (Photo by Eddie Keogh - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

A 4-0 home defeat to Hungary is likely to set alarm bells ringing, but it doesn't appear that Gareth Southgate is under much pressure in his role as England manager.

Recent good performances in tournaments saw the first time England had played consistently well in a tournament since Euro 1996, reaching a semi-final and a final in his tournaments so far.

The FA is also unlikely to make such as drastic decision with a World Cup only a few months away and Southgate has also signed a contract that takes him all the way until December 2024.

Going in Southgate's favour is the fact that plenty of the England team are coming off the back of a particularly long season in which a number of clubs like Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea went the distance in more than one competition.

His tenure could also depend on how England perform in Qatar at the World Cup in the winter. He is 4/1 to not be the England manager by then, but 1/2 for his last game to come in the Middle Eastern country.

Captain Harry Kane fired back at suggestions the boss was under threat.

Asked if Southgate was still the right man, Kane said: "Yeah. Without any question. That’s not even a question I should be answering if I’m honest."

The England manager since 2017 took responsibility for the poor Nations League campaign and blamed experimenting with the team as the problem behind the grim performances.

He said: "It is a difficult night for the players. I feel for them because the two Hungary games in particular I picked teams where I tried to balance the squad and give young players opportunities, and I didn't get the balance right to be able to perform at the level they needed to be able to win those matches."

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