Quarter-final: Dusseldorf, Saturday 6 July

Switzerland await. The Swiss finished second in Group A behind Germany and were unbeaten in their three games, and then thoroughly outplayed Italy in their last-16 encounter to reach last eight.

Semi-final: Dortmund, Wednesday 10 July

Should England reach the final four of these Euros, they will face Turkey or Netherlands after they knocked out Austria and Romania respectively.

Final: Berlin, Sunday 14 July

If, by some miracle, Southgate guides this stuttering but star-studded England team to the final of Euro 2024, they will face one of the Europe’s bigger teams on the other side of the draw: Spain or France.

Spain defeated Germany in the quarter-finals, while France edged a penalty shootout against Portugal at the same stage after vanquishing Belgium.

Fortunately for England, perhaps, their half of the draw appears a little less filled with star names.

"He's picked Kieran Trippier over Trent Alexander-Arnold; which I just cannot fathom, at all. That's not the Liverpool fan in me,” Jamie Carragher tells Sky Sports.

“I thought Gareth experimented in midfield with Trent, it didn't work, but the reason you play Trippier over Trent?

“I can't get my head around, but defensively, playing three at the back is to release your wing-backs. To not put Trent in that position, I cannot believe that one.”

Jamie Carragher stopped by the Sky Sports studio to address the rumours that Gareth Southgate will set England up in a back three and have Bukayo Saka and Kieran Trippier in the wingback roles.

Carragher says he can’t fathom why Southgate would elect to go with the Newcastle defender over Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold as this formation is built to allow wingbacks more attacking freedom.

Take a look at what he told Sky below:

“It’s an incredible achievement,” Harry Kane said of Gareth Southgate making it to 100 matches.

“It just shows his standards and the consistency that he’s shown along with the coaching staff as well. Incredible consistency over a long period of time and to reach 100 games is really, really special.

“He’s changed a lot in terms of our national team in his tenure since he’s been here. Not just on the pitch and off the pitch as well, and the connections we’ve had with the fans and the media, and he’s allowed people to open up and be themselves.

“That’s been a big turning point in our careers as England players. So, I’m really happy for him and he should be extremely proud, but all he’s worrying about is making sure we win.”

Gareth Southgate claimed UEFA's decision to hand Jude Bellingham a suspended one-match ban for a gesture in the Euro 2024 last-16 win over Slovakia was a "common-sense" call but does not feel he needs to talk to the England midfielder about the incident.

Bellingham has been cleared to play in Saturday's quarter-final against Switzerland after an investigation into a gesture seemingly made in the direction of the Slovakia bench as he celebrated his overhead kick goal to take the tie to extra time.

The Real Madrid star insisted in a social media post that the gesture was "an inside joke towards some close friends", but UEFA opened an investigation on Monday to determine whether the gesture "violated the basic rules of decent conduct".

"I thought it was a common-sense decision," England manager Southgate said of the punishment, which saw Bellingham handed a 30,000 euros (£25,400) fine as well as the suspended ban, which will be triggered by any further offence within one year.

"Clearly when you score a goal of the quality that he did at the moment he did at the age he is, you are going to have an incredible rush of adrenaline. I think there was no intent in the gesture towards anybody other than the communication he has with his family.

"So from our perspective, we thought it was a sensible outcome. I speak to players all the time. I don't feel a particular need to spend time with Jude on that. He is aware of the investigation and he is an intelligent guy."

In the final hours before England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final, there was one last decision playing on Gareth Southgate’s mind. The manager has been working on a back three for a lot of this week, but now has Luke Shaw ready and willing to play. While Southgate admitted they have to make “a decision regarding match sharpness and how quickly you can adjust back into that intensity of the cauldron of the tournament”, it might also bring a decision about formation.

Shaw at left-back would mean the manager’s initial 4-2-3-1, in the manner he actually wanted to play it, and the presence of an actual left-footer in the role could make a big difference.

Miguel Delaney’s quarter-final preview:

Of course, England must first get their own job done - but if they do beat Switzerland then it will be all eyes on the later game as they see who they’ll be facing in the semi-final.

Turkey and Netherlands meet in Berlin and there’s a good reason to think it might be one of the best games of Euro 2024.

Like too many of his international teammates, Declan Rice has not been at his very best level at Euro 2024. Too few times has he been able to surge forward in possession. He’s winning fewer duels per 90 minutes, has been successful in fewer aerial challenges and has been dispossessed more often in Germany than he did during the Premier League season with Arsenal.

Of course, there’s another difference, too, which makes the above comparisons both eye-opening and irrelevant all at once: he’s not playing the same role for England as he does for the Gunners, so why would he achieve the same things?

Gareth Southgate feels it is a “common-sense” decision not to suspend Jude Bellingham for his crotch-grabbing celebration against Slovakia and insisted the midfielder shows great maturity in how he reacts to his eventful life.

England manager Southgate feels the Real Madrid footballer would be a lesser player if he did not act with such emotion and believes Uefa were right not to opt for a more severe punishment.