we've obviously got graham potter, anyhow, pochettino, guardiola, klopp.ebody in the southgate moles which of those names best fits what they are looking for? i think graham potter and eddie how are probably the two most plausible candidates. they are english although i don't think that's by any means the only criteria here, but i think that also they are right stage in their careers. they have done very well in the club game so far. they don't necessarily to the end of their careers. i think that they are kind of hungry deploy the sort of set one stop football, and that is they have been brought to the english coaching system. and they are not exact replicas of southgate because southgate is such a unique individual and his capacity to be a figurehead for the national game and a spokesman for issues which are both football issues and bigger than football issues, but to me it feels like graham potter and eddie howe are the most plausible pics. i suppose howe has been installed as the early favourite because he plays the early favourite because he plays the

being realistic, if they're going for the latter, pochettino, who has worked with young players at southampton, very popular with the players and with the media, he would be an obvious choice. i hear about pep guardiola and jurgen klopp. i think that would great, but i'd be amazed if they actually considered it. of the english candidates, for me, the best individual is eddie howe because of his experience. but there are other contenders. lee carsley with his work with the u21s. irish international, birmingham born. i imagine if they take a little bit of time to get the right person, carsley will be asked to do the interim and his first game will be in dublin. so that will be an interesting reaction. obviously, graham potter, he would absolutely be in contention. as you can imagine, lots of reaction across social media to this story on tuesday. a number of current england stars paying tribute to southgate, including his captain harry kane, who said.... jane dougall rounds up more of the reactions for us. on a human level, people have a great deal of respect for gareth southgate for the way that

and my understanding is that it won't count against pochettino just because he's not an english man. of candidates and quite a lengthy process now, i would imagine. but clearly the fa have to look at euro 2024 and work out whether or not the problem was only southgate, or whether it is a bigger picture issue, and therefore they might need to change the philosophy to make sure, as you say, that england attack and england live up to their billing at many tournaments and hopefully at 2026 as the pre—tournament favourites. >> yeah, and ben jacobs, i think a lot of fans, especially the working class fans on the terraces, will be hoping that whoever gets this job, they keep the politics out of football. less of that nonsense and let's focus on sticking it in the back of the net. ben jacobs, always a pleasure to have you on the show. thank you very much. now, there was violence on the streets of dublin yesterday as protesters clashed with police at a site which has been designated to house asylum seekers following the protests. irish premier simon harris described the violence as reprehensi

the fa could also go abroad, with the argentinian, mauricio pochettino, a possibility.t the honour of his life. after eight years as england boss, gareth southgate has described the pride and privilege of leading his country. the medal on sunday was silver, but he believes his players were worthy of gold, saying, "they can go on to win the trophy we all dream of". the fa, who hoped he would stay, hailed him for making the impossible job possible. fa president the prince of wales called him an all—round class act. the results he's got with the team, i think, yeah, that's something to be so incredibly proud of. and i think the whole of england should celebrate that. southgate hailed england fans as the best in the world, but the relationship hasn't always been easy. oh, no! he understood better than most the pressure england players are under, and so he stepped into the breach eight years ago to fill a void. i don't think anyjob is impossible. i think i said a few weeks ago that some jobs are more difficult than others, some are more complex, this is certainly one of thos

pochettino, whose works with young english player. i hear about pep guardiola and jurgen klopp.at would just be amazing if they actually considered it. of the english candidates, the best individual is eddie howe, because of his experience. i would like to see anyone, like an ashley cole, who is doing so well, get him involved. you got the connection from the dressing room. i'd like to see that. there are other choices. i imagine if they take a little bit of time to get the right person. his first game will be actually in dublin, so that will be an interesting reaction. obviously, graham potter, who absolutely would be a contention. for graham potter, who absolutely would be a contention.— be a contention. for southgate said it himself, he _ be a contention. for southgate said it himself, he might— be a contention. for southgate said it himself, he might be _ be a contention. for southgate said it himself, he might be leaving - it himself, he might be leaving a big job and club management. i don't think he's going to get an elite champions league job, i don't think he's going to

so how about argentine mauricio pochettino, available after leaving chelsea in may?name out of work, having left liverpool to take a break, although he's been linked with the vacant united states manager'sjob. and then there's pep guardiola. now, the fa say they are committed to hiring the best, but the all—conquering manchester city manager isn't available until next summer. whoever takes over has a hard act to follow. southgate will be remembered as the man who restored the credibility of the england team for so long a symbol of sporting underachievement during his eight years in charge and, with just two years until the next world cup, it will now fall to his replacement to try and build on that progress and finally secure that elusive silverware. dan roan there. the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, is to stand down afterjust four months in the role. this morning, four of his labour ministers quit the welsh government, telling mr gething they could not get on with the job unless he resigned. mr gething had lost a vote of no confidence last month, and had

i can understand looking at people like mauricio pochettino.land player jeff thomas who joins us now from worcestershire. it so good to get you on the programme. you won nine caps for the english team and captained for the fa cup final in 1999 is a plenty of experience. you can tell me, if you can, this obviously is unsurprising for gareth southgate. how important has a being, in your estimation, for the england squad over the last eight years? england squad over the last eight ears? , ., ., ., , setting involved in the fa and the setting up involved in the fa and the setting up at saint georges park and getting the infrastructure right first. you can see the kids going through the system so it wasn't as big a shock when england were promoted into the under 21 is on the first team. he has got so much to be proud of what he has obtained as the england manager. like i say, before the he was heavily involved with the fa. do ou was heavily involved with the fa. do you think is a tough time, to tougher the time, too much pressure? i think every sing

and brighton both potter is one of the favourites a disappointing spell with chelsea and mauricio pochettinorpool boss said he wants a break from football, but a candidate for an interim solution could be lee carsley, the under 21s boss, which is how southgate started. you never know, that name could be one to remember. jane dougall, thank you. still to come on today�*s programme... the bamboo blight that�*s invading british homes — we�*ll look at the damage it can cause, and what you can do to stop it. now it�*s time to join our colleagues with the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i�*m anne—marie batson. gareth southgate has resigned as england managerjust days after defeat to spain in the final of euro 202a. the lionesses are in sweden and can secure automatic qualification for euro 2025 if they avoid defeat tonight. and 2023 champion brian harman returns the claretjug as preparations for the open championship, the last major of the year, continue. england manager gareth southgate has resigned after a second consecutive european championship final defeat. the three lions

looking around at the candidates, apart from mauricio pochettino, who obviously i think will warrantwill defend their european crown in switzerland next year, after securing automatic qualification following a nervous draw with sweden. the hosts threatened during a tense second half, but england got the point they needed which means their focus turns to next year's finals. we're england, we want to be the best we can be, we're reigning european champions and that itself is a big target on our backs. everyone expects so much from us, we expect so much from ourselves, so for us now, we work hard, as we always do, we keep going. yeah, and we've got a year to prepare ourselves for the euros and we're all looking forward to it. so, england have booked their place at euro 2025. the remaining three home nations will have to navigate the playoffs which begin in october. scotland, wales and northern ireland will all be seeded in the league b playoffs, the draw for which will take place on friday. should they progress they will then face another two—legged playoff which commences in november.

orformer spurs and chelsea boss mauricio pochettino? expected to win a tournament, in style, while handling critics and crises. but gareth southgate has shown that being england manager need not necessarily be the impossible job. patrick geary, bbc news. of the home nations involved in qualifiers for the women's euros last night, the only team not to win was the one that secured a place at the finals in switzerland next year. defending champions england will be there after a goalless draw in sweden. scotland, northern ireland and wales all won, and now have play—offs to look forward to. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports from gothenberg. from the group of death, england have risen. it's been a challenging qualification campaign for sarina wiegman's side, but here in gothenburg they got the job done. before, you knew sometimes when you went to the start of a game that you would win it, you just didn't know how much, which is actually not that competitive. and now it's really competitive, so, yeah, you can't hide any more. a d

being realistic, if they're going for the latter, pochettino, who has worked with young players at southamptonthe interim and the first game will be in dublin. that will be an interesting reaction. obviously, graham potter, he would absolutely be in contention. alls well that ends well. reigning champions england will be able to defend their european crown at the women's euros in switzerland next year after securing automatic qualification following a nervous 0—0 draw with sweden in gothenburg. filippa angeldahl had the best chance of the game, forcing a smart stop out of hannah hampton early in the second half. but the lionesses were able to hold on, with a point enough to see them avoid the play—offs. england always battling. everything you play is a battle. you want to play good football and you combine those two. new if you started again, you'll win it but did not know how much which is not that competitive but now it's really competitive. so you cannot hide any more. elsewhere, jess fishlock became wales's all—time leading goal—scorer as they beat kosovo 2—0 in llanelli. wales had already

we say pochettino the argentinian is a problem. he also is an option . problem. option. but he just left chelsea now. apparently this is what i've been hearing. what you're saying though the prospects of pochettino taking the england job is actually more of a problem in argentina than it would be over here. so there's that bridge to cross as well. there are a couple of british opfions there are a couple of british options or english options who i don't think would necessarily tick the box. graham potter is very much depher when i say that . very much depher when i say that. that's crucial here, because somebody has to lead the organisation . as i said to you organisation. as i said to you before in your program, if you look on the fa website, they've got 32 different blue chip sponsors. they all want their pound of flesh. it's important to look apart. it's important to say the right things. as the officers of the british game or the english game, it's absolutely crucial for an england manager to do that. and that would put the fa off. some of the candidates, i wou

being realistic, if they're going for the latter, pochettino, who has worked with young players, veryty net in that were sweden to win, the lionesses would still enter the play—offs instead. we're never playing a match to draw. we play a match to win. and even, like... what ijust said, when we win the game, we might even top the group, too. and of course we're dependant on france and everyone expects france to win. but you never know what happens in football. so we're approaching this game to win, and then we'll see what happens in the game, what we need to do. scotland, meanwhile, take on serbia. they've already booked their place in the qualifying play—offs, but there's still an incentive to finish top of the group. these games also affect the women's nations league, and scotland could go back into the top tier of that competition with a win. wales also go into their final qualifier top of the group — they're taking on kosovo at parc y scarlets in llanelli. the kosovans have lost all five games so far, so even a draw this evening for wales would see them into the top tier of the nat

. >> given a chance because they give chances to people like mauricio pochettino who doesn't win anything >> yeah. because he is a good coach. >> but but he doesn't win anything . anything. >> okay, fine. but but the thing is, with english, no english manager has ever won the premier league. did you know that? >> i did not know that. >> i did not know that. >> no. english manager. scottish manager. >> british managers? >> british managers? >> no english managers ever won the premier league. so eddie howe at newcastle see, he's only very good money and also when you've got a premier league manager, are they going to think about leaving the premier league job, which is, you know , whether job, which is, you know, whether you say it's the ultimate or not, but the money you're if you're a premier league manager or on around 5 to £20 million a yeah or on around 5 to £20 million a year. yeah the faa are going to pay year. yeah the faa are going to pay five. so that's what gareth southgate's on. the other one is graham potter. now graham potter. yes. another one that hasn't won anything. but wit

and then we go down to thomas tukalo mauricio pochettino it's big sam in the running.t be in football, whatever it be, big sam's always going to be there. but we know that big sam did leave under a cloud last time, didn't he? so when he was here. yeah, yeah. five, five minutes. i think he was england manager . so they're not minutes. i think he was england manager. so they're not going to go back to big sam. so we'll have to see. so hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later. the friendly first friendly i think is in september. still a couple of years until the world cup but obviously qualification. so they needit obviously qualification. so they need it done. and dusted as soon as they can. so we'll see how that goes. >> let's look ahead to the open which gets underway tees off tomorrow. >> it does tee off tomorrow. 152nd open. tiger woods is going to be playing tiger woods who's won the open three times. last time was in 2008. colin montgomerie had been speaking about tiger woods, ex ryder cup legend, scottish golfer. he suggested , which for me makes suggested, whi