Gareth Southgate has dismissed claims he has offered former England team-mate Phil Neville a coaching role at Middlesbrough.
Reports this week had suggested the 32-year-old Everton skipper had been approached about a job with Southgate's backroom team.
But the Boro boss insisted that is not the case, and admitted he would have little chance of prising him away from Goodison Park even if it was.
Southgate said: "The only time I have spoken to Phil is when we were in the same hotel together on holiday.
"While I would love to have someone of his ability at our club, I imagine he's a key part of what David Moyes wants to do at Everton.
"He's just captained them to an FA Cup final and I would not even think of approaching him."
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Ross Turnbull proved himself at the start of last season and after one bad game southgate replaces him with brad jones, i really do not understand this and are sure this highly contributed to borough`s relegation, southgate is fast becoming a joke letting schwarzer go last season who had already proved himself to be one of the top goalkeepers in the premier league and now by coming very close to losing another, anyway good luck to Ross Turnbull in wherever his future lies and i hope that southgate comes to his senses very quickly.
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