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？英格兰至少要进4强
当地时间下周一晚7点，英格兰将在圣埃蒂安迎来小组赛最后一轮面对斯洛伐克的比赛，
唯有胜利才能保证三狮军团以B组小组第一的身份进军16强。如果一切顺利，英格兰将在
下周六晚出现在巴黎王子公园球场，而他们的对手将会是A组、C组或D组中的某一个小组
第三。
英格兰主帅霍奇森与国家队的合同将在本届欧洲杯结束后到期，外界对于他的去留问题一
直猜测不断。他本人曾在此前表示希望继续留队执教，带领三狮军团征战2018年俄罗斯世
界杯的预选赛。
近日，英足总主席葛列格-戴克在做客BBC一档体育节目时表态称，霍奇森的未来取决于本
届杯赛中英格兰队的表现和最终取得的成绩。“现在一切都很清楚，至少在欧洲杯结束之
前我们不会做出任何决定。如果英格兰能够取得好成绩的话，我们肯定会积极考虑延长与
霍奇森的合同。”
而英足总口中的好成绩是什么样的？戴克解释道：“能打进半决赛最好。要是球队踢得很
好但未能取胜，比如提前碰到了特别强劲的对手，而我们也给予了对方沉重的打击，或者
是在点球大战中抱憾出局等，那么8强也尚可接受。具体问题只能到时候再做定夺。”
如此看来，想要继续执掌三狮军团，霍太公必须带领英格兰至少走到8强。而英足总在做
决定时，也会综合考虑来自外界球迷和媒体的态度。去年12月时，英足总首席执行官葛籣
-马丁曾公开表示支持霍奇森在欧洲杯后留任。也是从那时起，国内舆论就开始明显转向
希望霍奇森能留下。
除此之外，能够左右英足总决定的还有另外一个关键因素，就是他们目前并没有找到合适
的替代者。自从在2012年欧洲杯前接过卡佩罗的教鞭以来，这已经是霍奇森第三次带队参
加大赛。英足总目前想找的继任者最好是说英语的英国“本土”教练，之前一直盛传的前
埃弗顿主帅罗伯托-马丁内斯由此被排除在外，而布伦丹-罗杰斯因为刚刚与苏超球队凯尔
特人签约，也丧失了这个机会。英格兰U21的主帅加雷斯-索斯盖特本来也曾是候选人之一
，但去年U21在欧青赛中的战绩糟糕，使这位前国脚头顶的光环消失殆尽。如此看来，留
住霍奇森或许是英足总目前最好的选择。
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