England boss Gareth Southgate has said the negativity towards his management is “not healthy” for the team and urged supporters to get behind his side for Monday’s UEFA Nations League clash against Germany.
A capacity crowd of 90,000 is expected at Wembley for England’s final game before the World Cup begins in Qatar in November.
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England have not won any of their last five matches and Southgate was booed by away supporters when acknowledging them at full-time of the 1-0 defeat to Italy in Milan on Friday.
That criticism followed chants of “You don’t know what you’re doing” and “You’re getting sacked in the morning” from England fans at Molineux in June as Southgate’s side were hammered 4-0 by Hungary, their worst defeat on home soil in 94 years.
England will play at Wembley for the first time since March and Southgate told a news conference: “We’ve got 90,000 people — the stadium is sold out — so people want to come and see this team play.
“And that’s because the players have done an unbelievable job for six years. We were on the back of a really difficult time in terms of the relationship with the fans at the start of that journey and slowly we’ve built with the finishes that have been discussed already in this room.
