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Gareth Southgate to be offered permanent England job - reports

Gareth Southgate will be offered the England manager job after the Three Lions' friendly against Spain on Tuesday, multiple outlets in the UK are reporting.

Southgate, who took over over Sam Allardyce on an interim basis in September, will be presented with a £1.5 million-a-year contract that last until 2020, according to the Telegraph and The Mirror. While the Daily Mail report initial salary discussions will start at £2m per year.

According to the reports, Southgate's new deal will include a break clause for after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and contain a number of performance-based bonuses and incentives for the 46-year-old England Under-21 boss.

The contract offer calls for Southgate to make considerably less than previous England chiefs Allardyce and Roy Hodgson, however, but a boost from his U21 deal which paid him around £500,000 a year.

The former Middlesbrough manager will take charge of his fourth and final game of his initial caretaker spell when Spain visit Wembley on Tuesday night, with England having won two and drawing one in his previous matches at the helm.

In a relatively short period of time in charge, Southgate has attempted to leave his mark on a team that was embarrassed by Iceland in last summer's European Championship, which cost then-boss Roy Hodgson his job.

Allardyce was then appointed manager. But he and the FA parted ways after just one game in charge was after the ex-Sunderland coach was filmed advising undercover journalists on how to circumvent rules against third-party ownership.