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Gareth Southgate pleased with support after landing England job

Gareth Southgate wants to add more trophies to his CV and knows he has started his England tenure in style -- because his postman told him so.

The 46-year-old was announced as the permanent Three Lions boss on Wednesday having taken charge of the team for the previous four internationals on an interim basis.

Southgate has signed a four-year deal and has the ringing endorsement of Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn, who believes the former under-21s coach can bring through an elite group of youngsters during his reign.

Former Middlesbrough manager Southgate said earlier in the week he knows almost every player at every level within the England structure at present but, as well as nurturing young talent on the biggest stage, he is also keen to deliver entertaining football.

And he believes he is on the way to doing just that after getting positive feedback from his first four games at the helm.

"My postman told me after the last couple of games 'that's how I like an England team to play,'" he said.

"It's not a survey of the whole country but I get what he means. We have certain attributes as a nation. We can't try to be Spain. We have different qualities.

"We have different physical attributes. What we have in this team is youth and energy and players that are used to playing a high pressing game with their clubs and we should embrace that with the national team.

"Throughout all our age group teams, we have been encouraging the players to be comfortable with the ball and to build up and we still have a bit to do against high pressure as we saw against Spain.

"We kept the ball much better against Scotland but Spain were much better at pressing us and we didn't keep it as well, so we have to be better at that."

Southgate won the League Cup twice as a player, as well as collecting runners-up medals in the FA Cup and UEFA Cup -- but he wants to add more silverware to his footballing legacy.

"Throughout my career, although I did win some trophies and I did win some caps, I was pretty hacked off at the end that I had not won more," he said.

"That is also a drive because I want to go and win more things."

While the hunger to succeed is there, Southgate believes he needs to address plenty of issues before he can look to target success.

"There is not one magic thing that's going to make all the difference," he added.

"You've got to look at all things; preparation, performance, a clear playing style that when you're under pressure, in those stressful moments, there's a clear way we play and that players understand that as they do with their clubs.

"That's one of your big challenges at international level because of the period of time you get to work together.

"Can you establish that way of playing and those clear messages as quickly as possible, so when you're under pressure you have something to fall back on and you've got to challenge the players in terms of their thinking?"

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