Emotional Gareth Southgate reveals song he played on repeat after deciding to quit as England boss
GARETH Southgate played Adele’s Someone Like You on repeat after deciding to quit as England boss.
It is one of eight tracks the 54-year-old chooses on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs this morning.
He tells host Lauren Laverne: “I kept playing it towards the end of the last Euros because I knew I was going to be leaving.
“Even if I hear it today, it relates to my relationship with England and their relationship to me and how I feel about it all.”
Host Lauren Laverne said: “So leaving someone who is once in a lifetime behind?”
Gareth responded: “Yeah and they have got to move on and you wish them the best and there are regrets but there are actually memories that were made and there were so many lines within it they really resonate with me.”
Its lyrics include: “Never mind, I’ll find someone like you; I wish nothing but the best for you, too; Don’t forget me, I beg; I remember you said; Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.”
Gareth thanked Adele for her support during the Euros in 2020 during ITV’s An Audience with Adele at the London Palladium in 2021.
It comes as The Sun on Sunday revealed last week that Gareth will get a knighthood in the New Year Honours List.
He will follow in the footsteps of Sir Bobby Robson and Sir Alf Ramsey in being knighted for services to sport after steering the men’s footie side to two Euro finals.
Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel takes over as England head coach on January 1.