Gareth Southgate to discuss England contract after Euros amid Manchester United links

England manager Gareth Southgate is comfortable with fully focusing on making sure there is a Trafalgar Square party in July after European Championship success rather than worrying about his contract situation.

Southgate has made the conscious decision to put talks over his future on hold despite his current terms with the Football Association being set to expire in December. ESPN reported earlier this month that the former defender is one of three managers on Manchester United's wish list.

Euro 2024 will be the fourth major tournament Southgate has taken charge of as England boss and he is determined to minimise any potential distractions. He said: "I have to deliver in the job I'm in, so there's no point in me thinking any further ahead than that.

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"My focus is delivering the best possible European Championship for England. Since I came to St George's, our target has been being in the final four of things, with the ultimate aim of winning.

"If you look at the trajectory of a team, we're at that point where we've done a lot of the climb and the enjoyable bit and we're at that last bit, really, of winning and getting over the line.

"We've shown the consistency in the world ranking for the last five years, so there's consistency of performances. We have to translate that with the next step now.

"That's the challenge I have to accept as well and I'm really comfortable with that. There's no point in speculating about what might happen after the summer."

"I think we would have to sit and think about that at the end of the tournament. I'm happy to talk about it briefly now, but I'm not going to talk