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Gareth Southgate steps in as England manager on short-term deal after Sam Allardyce departure
Under-21 boss to step up for World Cup games against Malta and Slovenia as Big Sam pays the price
GARETH SOUTHGATE will replace Sam Allardyce as England head coach.
Southgate, who refused to apply for the role when Roy Hodgson was fired, held talks with Dan Ashworth at St George’s Park on Tuesday.
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The plan is for England’s Under-21 manager to take charge of the senior side for the next four games.
Allardyce had been due to name his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia on Sunday evening.
But all those plans were thrown up in their air when it emerged he had been caught on video allegedly advising businessmen how to flout third party player ownership rules.
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