Gareth Southgate claims questioning England’s pride is ‘outrageous’

Gareth Southgate has hit back at critics questioning the pride of his England players, claiming it is „outrageous“ to doubt their commitment.

England were booed off at a half-time by travelling fans during their World Cup Qualifier in Malta on Friday, before a late burst saw England secure a 4-0 win.

England host Slovakia at Wembley on Monday in control of Group F and within touching distance of qualification, and boss Southgate took the opportunity to ensure fans his players are proud to wear the international shirt.
„The notion the players aren’t proud to play is outrageous, really – they’re unbelievably proud to play,“ he said.

„It’s the same narrative I heard when I was playing. I’m able to contextualise and rationalise it. Every England team I played in, the lads could never quite get their heads round why that was.

„When you’re having a bad day as a player, sometimes it looks as if you can’t get to things, you’re not as sharp, so people perceive you’re not trying. The easiest, basest reaction is to say, ‘oh, they don’t care’.
„They want to be here. The easiest thing in the world would be to pull out, but we picked 28 players and 28 turned up. That’s a really good sign, and it hasn’t always been the case. I’ve played in teams where people were there every time, and others weren’t.

„It’s a shame the guys who come get stick, and the guys who duck out escape.“

England have won five of their seven World Cup qualification games but have failed to deliver on fans’ expectations at major championship tournaments in recent years.

However, in Harry Kane, who’s scored 10 goals in 20 international games, Southgate believes England boast a striker capable of taking them to the next level, and one which has attracted praise from Spain’s manager.
„I was having some interaction with Julen Lopetegui at a game and he was commenting on how lucky I was to have Harry,“ revealed Southgate.

„He’s in top form, but he’s also got the mentality to want to be the best. He knows where he’s sitting. I asked him how many goals in how many games and he knew. He also knew how many [Cristiano] Ronaldo had at this point, how many [Lionel] Messi had at this point and everybody else.

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