​Southgate excited about England potentially hosting Euros: Amazing experience | OneFootball

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·3 March 2021

​Southgate excited about England potentially hosting Euros: Amazing experience

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England boss Gareth Southgate would love the country to host the European Championships.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK is ready to host matches this summer for the delayed Euro 2020 tournament.


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England has been one of the more successful nations in Europe with respect to its COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

The tournament is meant to happen in 12 different host cities around Europe, but the pandemic may change those plans.

"That would be an amazing experience for everyone," Southgate told talkSPORT.

"We have our group matches at Wembley anyway, we're hugely looking forward to that and we've got our fingers crossed that we keep progressing as we are and that there could be some fans in the stadium. That would be the first step. Everything else is a bit up in the air.

"At the moment we're being told the tournament will stay in its current format. You would imagine if there is an option for one country to host, then we will be well placed with a couple of other countries to do that.

"But as a team we've got to remember that just hosting is not a great guarantee of success. You don't win just because you're the hosts. We won't win just because our matches are at Wembley. We have got to play well and be as prepared as we can possibly be."

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