Gareth Southgate units England bar excessive with newest demand throughout crew assembly

Gareth Southgate has informed his England squad to set their sights no decrease than Euros glory subsequent summer season. The Three Lions boss set the bar excessive within the first squad assembly when met up at St George’s Park this week, insisting extra superb failure was not an possibility.

And he has demanded they present they imply enterprise towards Ukraine in Poland on Saturday and once more within the super-charged pleasant towards Scotland in Glasgow three days later.

England have hit the bar at two World Cups and the final Euros dropping to Italy within the closing on penalties. But Southgate demanded the change of mindset from his gamers this week based on defender Lewis Dunk, who’s returning to the squad after a five-year break.

“We had a meeting the other day and he’s talking about winning the Euros and the whole squad is thinking about winning the Euros,” stated Dunk. “That’s the massive change in mentality. It’s not ‘How far can we get in a tournament.’ It’s profitable a match. So that’s in all probability the most important change I’ve seen coming again.

“Being around these top players. I can see why he is saying that and why England can win. We’ve got a real good squad together and a real good chance. You can see over the past tournaments, the progress there has been.”

Dunk added: “I’ve been watching from home and seeing the progress, it’s been incredible. It’s progress that has kept going and now I think it’s got to hopefully be time when one of these days we do win one.”

Earlier this year Paul Merson explained why he felt England would win a major tournament under the stewardship of Southgate.

He told Sky Sports: “I do not get why folks hold saying this could possibly be it for Gareth Southgate. I by no means anticipated us to win a match in my lifetime. Now, I count on us to win each match we go to, so Southgate is doing one thing proper.

“You really do have to be careful what you wish for. These players like Gareth and you can see they do. There’s a great team spirit in the camp and the players enjoy being there.

“Be cautious, that is all I’d say. If you begin listening to folks and do away with Gareth with a brand new supervisor coming in like a Fabio Capello. I did not hear too many individuals waxing lyrical about Capello when he was England supervisor and taking away tomato sauce from the gamers.

“You can see the harmony between the players and the manager in the England camp. I don’t get it when people say this could be Southgate’s last tournament.

“We are turning as much as the Euros and we have now each probability of profitable the match. We had each probability of profitable the World Cup, each probability of profitable the final Euros and each probability of profitable the World Cup earlier than that.”