England manager Roy Hodgson is only guaranteed a new contract if he reaches
Euro 2016 semi-finals, says Greg Dyke
By Jason Burt, Chief Football Correspondent, St Etienne
19 June 2016 ‧ 12:00pm
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has said that only reaching the
semi-finals of Euro 2016 will guarantee Roy Hodgson a new contract as England
manager.
England face Slovakia in their final Group B tie on Monday evening in St
Etienne with a victory ensuring they will win the group and progress to a
last-16 fixture at the Parc de Princes in Paris on Saturday where they would
face one of the best third-placed nations.
Hodgson’s current contract expires at the end of the tournament and he has
declared that he wants to stay and take England to the 2018 World Cup but the
FA have been stalling on a new deal.
Speaking on BBC Radio Five Live’s Sportsweek programme Dyke laid out the
criteria that Hodgson had to fulfill for talks to take place – with the
chairman also stressing England need to play good football.
“We have been pretty clear,” Dyke said. “No decision taken until this
tournament is over. If we (England) have done well and played well then I
think it will be renewed.
“Semi-finals would be great. Quarter-final if we have played really well,
hit one of the best sides and lose or go out on penalties. That is the sort
of discussion that will go on.”
It is difficult to see Hodgson surviving if England do not at least reach the
last eight of the finals – with the FA also taking into consideration the
reaction of fans and the media before they make their decision.
There has however been a clear shift towards wanting Hodgson to stay which
was detected around the time of the draw for the Euros last December when FA
chief executive Martin Glenn indicating that he hoped the manager would
remain after the finals.
A significant factor in the FA’s thinking, to be blunt, is also the dearth
of likely candidates to replace Hodgson, who who succeeded Fabio Capello
before Euro 2012 and is now in his third tournament. The FA would prefer an
English, British or so-called ‘homegrown’ manager if Hodgson is replaced
but the reputations of managers such as Roberto Martinez and Brendan Rodgers
– who has just taken over at Celtic – have been damaged.
The FA could turn to England under-21 coach Gareth Southgate, but his star
fell a little after last summer’s European championships failure, and the
preference is to retain Hodgson should he do sufficiently well at the Euros
as Dyke has indicated.
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霍奇森想留任？英格蘭至少要進4強
當地時間下週一晚7點，英格蘭將在聖埃蒂安迎來小組賽最後一輪面對斯洛伐克的比賽，
唯有勝利才能保證三獅軍團以B組小組第一的身份進軍16強。如果一切順利，英格蘭將在
下週六晚出現在巴黎王子公園球場，而他們的對手將會是A組、C組或D組中的某一個小組
第三。
英格蘭主帥霍奇森與國家隊的合同將在本屆歐洲杯結束後到期，外界對於他的去留問題一
直猜測不斷。他本人曾在此前表示希望繼續留隊執教，帶領三獅軍團征戰2018年俄羅斯世
界盃的預選賽。
近日，英足總主席葛列格-戴克在做客BBC一檔體育節目時表態稱，霍奇森的未來取決於本
屆杯賽中英格蘭隊的表現和最終取得的成績。“現在一切都很清楚，至少在歐洲杯結束之
前我們不會做出任何決定。如果英格蘭能夠取得好成績的話，我們肯定會積極考慮延長與
霍奇森的合同。”
而英足總口中的好成績是什麼樣的？戴克解釋道：“能打進半決賽最好。要是球隊踢得很
好但未能取勝，比如提前碰到了特別強勁的對手，而我們也給予了對方沉重的打擊，或者
是在點球大戰中抱憾出局等，那麼8強也尚可接受。具體問題只能到時候再做定奪。”
如此看來，想要繼續執掌三獅軍團，霍太公必須帶領英格蘭至少走到8強。而英足總在做
決定時，也會綜合考慮來自外界球迷和媒體的態度。去年12月時，英足總首席執行官葛籣
-馬丁曾公開表示支持霍奇森在歐洲杯後留任。也是從那時起，國內輿論就開始明顯轉向
希望霍奇森能留下。
除此之外，能夠左右英足總決定的還有另外一個關鍵因素，就是他們目前並沒有找到合適
的替代者。自從在2012年歐洲杯前接過卡佩羅的教鞭以來，這已經是霍奇森第三次帶隊參
加大賽。英足總目前想找的繼任者最好是說英語的英國“本土”教練，之前一直盛傳的前
埃弗頓主帥羅伯托-馬丁內斯由此被排除在外，而布倫丹-羅傑斯因為剛剛與蘇超球隊凱爾
特人簽約，也喪失了這個機會。英格蘭U21的主帥加雷斯-索斯蓋特本來也曾是候選人之一
，但去年U21在歐青賽中的戰績糟糕，使這位前國腳頭頂的光環消失殆盡。如此看來，留
住霍奇森或許是英足總目前最好的選擇。
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