‘One big family’: Southgate opposes documentary following players’ wives and girlfriends – video

Gareth Southgate has encouraged his players and their families to ‘focus on the football’ and not get involved in fly-on-the-wall documentaries around the World Cup. This comes after several of the squad’s partners were approached by a production company. The proposed series would follow the England footballers’ loved ones before and during the tournament in Qatar and is intended to be screened on Netflix. Southgate made it clear he would regard any such commitment as a distraction.