Gareth Southgate has spoken of his pride in his country’s history, and his squad’s role in driving “tolerance and inclusion” in modern England, as he rallied fans across the nation who are preparing for the Euro 2020 final.
As the England manager readies himself for his team’s own place in history, he said he wanted his players to help do “positive things that we could help to change or influence in society”.
An expectant nation is set to spend millions of pounds today readying itself for Sunday’s showdown with Italy at Wembley for the chance to be crowned champions of Europe.
Gareth Southgate has spoken of his pride in his country’s history, and his squad’s role in driving “tolerance and inclusion” in modern England, as he rallied fans across the nation who are preparing for the Euro 2020 final.
As the England manager readies himself for his team’s own place in history, he said he wanted his players to help do “positive things that we could help to change or influence in society”.
An expectant nation is set to spend millions of pounds today readying itself for Sunday’s showdown with Italy at Wembley for the chance to be crowned champions of Europe.
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England s Harry Kane and team-mates celebrate winning the UEFA Euro 2020 semi final match at Wembley Stadium, London (Mike Egerton/PA)
He told The Yorkshire Post: “Bars and restaurants will be doing more business this week than they probably have done before, you tend to find this is kind of feelgood factor that surges,” he explained.
However, Dr Wilson described the overall economic impact of the match to be “fairly neutral” as people substitute their weekend plans to fit around Sunday’s late game and the country misses out on cash brought in by travelling fans.
He said: “Anybody that chooses to spend on football or football related activity is doing that at the expense of something else.
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