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And he s also the best man because of what his success - and it is success, because the last manager to take England this far in consecutive major tournaments was Sir Alf Ramsey in 1968 - says about English football.
Namely, that the manager should be from here, with an understanding of this country s football culture, and if that means appointing a young coach, or a coach who hasn t had the career of Pep Guardiola, then we shouldn t be afraid as long as he s the right man.
Southgate is, quite simply, the best thing to happen to English football in decades. And guess what? He knows more about it than you, or me, or the 60million England managers out there questioning his every judgment call. He s got so much more right than he s got wrong.
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