Southgate qualities echo Mourinho, Conte says Holland

England coach Steve Holland believes Gareth Southgate is showing the same key qualities he saw in the likes of Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez and Antonio Conte at Chelsea.

Holland worked with the London club's first team from 2011 before joining Southgate, and England, in 2016.

"I think with Gareth, he ticks so many of the boxes that the best that I've worked with tick," Holland said.

"Does he understand man-management and getting the best out of players? Yes. Does he understand the value of giving staff ownership and responsibility? Yes absolutely. "Does he have experience of international football at the highest level? Yes.

"He has some outstanding qualities and I've really seen him grow into the role."
"We tried to envisage how our team would look in those kinds of fixtures and we made some decisions. One of those was a back three. That decision was with and without the ball. We felt we would be better with and without the ball with a back three. We had dinner in Sochi and that was more or less where it was named."
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