Jamie Carragher, former England football player, says: “We are not Brazil”

Jamie Carragher, former England player and Liverpool idol, posted a short video on his social media in which he vents his feelings and, at the same time, criticizes the current situation of English football, which has not won a title in 58 years. The post was made on Tuesday (16), shortly before Gareth Southgate, now former coach of the English National Team, asked for his dismissal from the same.

Vent

After the failure in the Euro 2024 final, in which the English national team lost to Spain 2-1, former player and English idol Jamie Carragher vented his frustrations in a video posted on his social media. The defeat is the second consecutive defeat for the English team in the Euro finals – the last one was in 2020, when they were defeated by Italy. In addition, England has not won a title for almost 58 years, with the 1966 World Cup being their last achievement.

“We are not a country that wins trophies. We are not Brazil. We are not a team that has a tradition of winning titles for many years. Yes, we want to change that.”, commented Carragher, in an excerpt from his speech. The words of the former athlete, who is a commentator for “SkySports” are already known to the English public. He is known for his harsh and often controversial speeches, having already criticized Cristiano Ronaldo, Vini Jr. and English football itself on other occasions.

_{Jamie Carragher, former England player and current football commentator, vented on his social media about the English team's result at Euro 2024 (Photo: reproduction/ Instagram/ @23_carra)}

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Criticism of technicians

Jamie Carragher's criticisms were about national team coaches. The former player was very emphatic in his opinion on the subject. On another occasion, the commentator stated that having a foreign coach in charge of the English national team would be shameful.

“NI don't see many coaches coming forward and saying, “Yes, I'll take over Gareth Southgate's job.” We're still obsessed with great international coaches. I can guarantee that most English people, 90 or 95 percent, didn't know the Spain coach before the Euros. They've never heard of him. The best coaches are in the Champions League because that's where they want to be.”, he said, in the most controversial moment of his statements.

Carragher believes that no big-name manager is interested in the international and international 'circuit', and now that Gareth Southgate has asked him to step down as England manager, the former Liverpool player's words could prove even truer.

Featured photo: Jamie Carragher, SkySportrs commentator, made a statement criticizing national team coaches (Reproduction: X/ @Carra23)

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