England manager Gareth Southgate believes his team can help to give the nation a feel-good factor amid an uncertain political backdrop – but insists he is not getting excited about Euro 2020 just yet.
With confusion and unpredictability surrounding Brexit and a potential general election, the United Kingdom still seemingly remains divided.
The Three Lions helped alleviate such concerns for a period on their run to the World Cup semi-finals last summer but the unrest remains.
"It's hugely exciting for everybody," he added.
"I feel as if we've started to build that excitement whenever we play now, which is fantastic. I know the level that that can go to, but I can't afford to be carried away with that, that's brilliant for everybody else to experience.
"Somebody's got to be in control of what we're doing and making sure we're on the right path and not too far ahead of ourselves, because we've got a lot of improvement to do to make that a really strong possibility.
"Beer sales go up and everybody enjoys looking forward to it. We want that to last as long as it possibly can, but I can't live in that world of external...It's my job to get everybody there."
