GARETH Southgate looks to have retired as a football manager — by changing his profession on paper to “company director”;.

His last match in charge of England was last summer, when .

Gareth Southgate, England's soccer manager, stands with arms crossed.Gareth Southgate looks to have retired as a football manager — by changing his profession on paper to ‘company director'

said after leaving the that he would not return to a coaching role for at least a year.

Now former defender Gareth has given his clearest indication yet that he is packing in football management for good.

Documents for MAS Inv­estment Holdings Limited — the business that handles his £6.2million property portfolio — reveal he has changed his profession from “football manager”; to “company director”;.

The move seems to back up , who said after the Euro 2024 final: “I suspect this might be his last game in management.”;

Gareth, who lives in with wife , had been tipped for a job, and was linked with before they hired .

Instead, he has been taking on temporary roles.

Gareth is a technical observer for European football’s ruling body Uefa and a visiting lecturer at in the US.

He is also writing a self-help book, which is to focus on leadership.

It is expected to feature some of the lessons he learned while guiding the Three Lions to two successive European Championship finals.