The Three Lions head coach has urged the English top-flight to reconsider its three-sub per match rule as injuries mount.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) gave leagues the option of continuing the five-sub rule for the 2020-21 season as compensation for fixture congestion amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It was during Project Restart last season that the rule was introduced with the view of avoiding fatigue and, in turn, injuries for players with the length of the season truncated.
All major European leagues opted to hold on to the rule this season, with the exception of the Premier League.
Several managers have since publicly expressed their disappointment over clubs in English top-flight voting to go back to the usual three allotted changes per match.
Frank Lampard, Mikel Arteta, Jurgen Klopp, and Pep Guardiola have all lobbied for the use of five substitutions to return amid a hectic 2020/21 schedule, and they have now gained the support of England boss Gareth Southgate.
Southgate said, as per Sky Sports: “We were able to make five changes against Belgium [in the 2-0 Nations League defeat in Leuven on Sunday], we made four in the end and clubs don’t have that option.
“What will it take for that to change? There were a couple of less serious injuries against Belgium but what do we do? Wait until we get a load of really nasty ones?
“I have to be fair to the club managers. They are their players firstly and they have the right to play them as they see fit,” Southgate added.
“[Injuries are] a worry in the longer term because with no winter break, something has to give.”
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