Embargoed sunday 11am - Gareth Southgate defends decision to ‘take the knee’ but admits he alienated some people ‘I alienated people that were supportive of me prior to that,’ the former England manager said.
Former England manager Gareth Southgate has defended the team’s decision to take the knee during the 2020 Euros, though he admitted it “alienated” some people.
Southgate has previously stated that the act was not aligned with Black Lives Matter specifically but symbolised a broader stand against racism.
“Before the Euros, we had extensive discussions as a team about whether we should take the knee and the players’ views.”.
“We played away in Bulgaria, and I felt that we’d dealt with that night as well as we could as a group, the lead into it and what happened on that night.
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