Gareth Southgate: I got more abuse for vaccine video than managing England

• Manager was abused for encouraging young people to get jab
• Southgate says some players have ‘really suffered’ with Covid

Gareth Southgate has revealed that he received more abuse for recording a video urging young people to have a Covid-19 vaccination than he did for his management of England during their run to the final of Euro 2020.

England’s manager, who handed Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford his first call-up when he named his squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Hungary, Poland and Andorra, admitted he is worried about misinformation on social media convincing some footballers not to have the jab.

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