The England manager also spoke out against what he described as the “racial undertones” to the Brexit vote.
He told an ITV documentary in 2018: “I didn’t like the connotations around Brexit. There were some generational opinions on what modern Britain should look like.
“We felt that young people in particular would connect with our guys because they must have been confused after Brexit because for me a lot of the undertones of the voting on Brexit were racial undertones”.
Southgate was however criticised by members of the LGBT community after he selected Jordan Henderson for the England squad last August. Henderson at the time was playing for Al-Ettifaq, a Saudi Arabian team where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death.
The Three Lions’ manager said: “We have tried to be very supportive but I also accept members of the community felt let down.
“You have to live your life as you see fit, I can only speak on a personal level and what the team represents and I try to be accepting of all cultures and understanding of everyone in different positions.”
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