Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has urged Gareth Southgate to find an identity during his time in charge of England.

Southgate's initial four-game contract as interim manager will come to an end after matches against Scotland and Spain in the current international break, but he is the favourite to get the job on a permanent basis when the FA appoints a successor to Sam Allardyce.

However, Redknapp, who missed out on the job to Roy Hodgson in 2012, wants to see the Three Lions find a style of play that suits them and prevents them from being "bland".

"England are bland, no flair. What is important is finding an identity. What is Gareth Southgate really about? How do his teams want to play? That's what I want to know. If someone asked me how England have played under four or five managers since Glenn Hoddle, I couldn't remember. One minute it's 4-3-3, then it's 4-4-2. How do England play? What do we do? Kick it long? Play from the back? I don't know what we do," he told the Daily Mail.

"I don't get excited about watching England play anymore. I'm very patriotic but you look at other qualifiers and they're not games. England versus Malta? Or San Marino? Or the Faroe Islands? Who's interested, really? I can't see any interest.

"Gareth, find a system. I want to see us play. We've got John Stones, play three at the back, let him break out and overload midfield. Push the full backs on because we've got wing backs and play with two strikers."

England face Scotland in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley on Friday before hosting Spain in a friendly four days later.