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Gareth Southgate has revealed he considered his future as England boss before the Qatar World Cup but now believes he has the chance to make history with the team after his family persuaded him to stay on.

The 52-year-old spent a week pondering his future in the wake of England's 2-1 defeat to France in the World Cup quarter-finals before it was announced that he intended to see out a contract that runs until December 2024.

But Southgate was left to wonder if he was the right man for the job after the strong criticism that came after the 4-0 Nations League defeat to Hungary in June, and had considered announcing he would step down at the end of the World Cup.

Southgate told ITV News: "There was negativity about me being in charge and the last thing I wanted was for that to be the over-arching feeling going into a World Cup when you need the fans and everybody behind the team.

"You need that energy; you need that sense of togetherness.

"And if the debate was only going to be about finding flaws in what we were doing, in order that I go at the end, then that would have been very difficult for the team to perform at their best."

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