Report: Southgate set to be appointed permanent England manager

The FA is set to change Gareth Southgate's interim designation as England manager to permanent England manager and has already informed other candidates for the job of its intention, sources told The Daily Telegraph's Matt Law.

Southgate - who took over the England post after Sam Allardyce was let go for controversial comments regarding skirting FA rules - is set to become the full England manager after a Nov. 15 friendly match against Spain.

Reportedly only a humiliating defeat to Scotland in World Cup qualifying Friday would throw a wrench into that plan, with a loss against Spain not particularly important to the FA's decision for the England post.

Southgate had previously said he isn't necessarily thinking of his future at the helm.

"I have been tasked with preparing for these games. I think it would be wrong to be distracted by anything else," Southgate said. "My future is not important. It is to me and my family, obviously. But what’s important is that the team is top of the qualifying group going into Christmas and that the country is in a good place with that.

"I have not discussed what happens next. I've got meetings in the diary about what happens next with all the age groups through to Christmas and January. I've not thought too much about that either."