England next manager: Paul Gascoigne agrees with Gary Lineker as Three Lions ponder final decision
Paul Gascoigne has made his pick for the next England manager
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Paul Gascoigne has thrown his weight behind Jurgen Klopp to become the next England manager, despite the former Liverpool boss' insistence he will take a year-long sabbatical.
England are yet to fill the vacant head coach position after Gareth Southgate left following their Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain.
Lee Carsley will take charge of the upcoming Nations League matches on an interim basis, but there has not been any final decision on a permanent replacement.
A host of names have been linked with the vacant post such as Graham Potter, Eddie Howe and Pep Guardiola.
Gascoigne has dropped Klopp's name into the list of possible replacements the FA should consider.
Paul Gascoigne has made his pick for the next England manager
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“Jurgen Klopp maybe? Yeah, there were talks about him," he told the Daily Star via Techopedia.
"He’s unbelievably good, he finished second bottom in his league in Germany and got sacked.
"Imagine him sitting in the house and his doorbell goes, who is it?
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"Sky Sports saying you’re going to be the manager of Liverpool, he did amazing there."
Gascoigne's comments come just a few weeks after Lineker suggested the FA would jump at the chance to bring in Klopp.
“I’ve always thought it should be an English manager if possible but if you said to me Jurgen Klopp would do it or Pep Guardiola would do it, which I suspect they wouldn’t, then that’s a little bit different,” Lineker said.
“You’d go ‘cor’ because they are absolutely proven and elite.
"Jurgen Klopp is not working at the moment, he wants to take time out anywhere, it might not be the right timing for him, I think he has turned down one or two jobs already.
“If either of those were available you’d go ‘wow’. But I think it might come down to the English boys.”
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Gary Lineker also backed Jurgen Klopp for the job
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However, the Liverpool boss has ruled out taking on the permanent England job as he remains committed to taking a year out of working in football.
"I have nothing to say about that," he said.
"It doesn't matter who calls: In my resignation statement, I said that I wouldn't coach any country or club for a year.
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Jurgen Klopp is committed to his sabbatical
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"Some people must have missed that part.
"The very next day, someone called, and I said, 'Are you crazy? I just explained that yesterday'."
He added: "There are a lot of managers here and the situation where the phone doesn't stop ringing and you can go anywhere is a fortune that few have.
"However, the timing couldn't be worse to contact me."
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