Bit of a difference in the press about the relationship between Hodgson and Rodgers
http://www.theguardian.com/football...manager-roy-hodgson-american-football-wembley
Hodgson went on to emphasise his relationship with Rodgers is still good and has not been affected by the row over Daniel Sturridge’s fitness and the fallout of a “tired” Raheem Sterling being left out of England’s game in Estonia last month.
However, Hodgson also said he had rung Rodgers on Wednesday and not received a call back and it later emerged this was one of several occasions when his attempts to get hold of the Liverpool manager had been unsuccessful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...owing-Raheem-Sterling-saga.html#ixzz3ILOR74Jl
Hodgson, who is no longer on speaking terms with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers over the Sterling situation, said: ‘If a player came up to me one day before the game, when I was intending to play him, just before the session started, and said to me: “I don’t think I can train today because I’m feeling too tired”, then I would definitely leave him out.’ Rodgers disputed Hodgson’s version of events after Sterling was left out of the starting XI for the 1-0 win over Estonia and replaced by Adam Lallana.
Hodgson added: ‘Unfortunately I have 30 witnesses and Brendan was not there. If that’s all it is, he got the wrong end of the stick and I would be happy to put him right and I would be happy to talk to him about it. He was not there. ‘He (Sterling) came just before we started training. I never said Raheem said he was too tired to play. He did play and got us the free-kick which won the game. I said he said he was too tired before training and as a result I left him out of the team.’
http://www.theguardian.com/football...manager-roy-hodgson-american-football-wembley
Hodgson went on to emphasise his relationship with Rodgers is still good and has not been affected by the row over Daniel Sturridge’s fitness and the fallout of a “tired” Raheem Sterling being left out of England’s game in Estonia last month.
However, Hodgson also said he had rung Rodgers on Wednesday and not received a call back and it later emerged this was one of several occasions when his attempts to get hold of the Liverpool manager had been unsuccessful.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...owing-Raheem-Sterling-saga.html#ixzz3ILOR74Jl
Hodgson, who is no longer on speaking terms with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers over the Sterling situation, said: ‘If a player came up to me one day before the game, when I was intending to play him, just before the session started, and said to me: “I don’t think I can train today because I’m feeling too tired”, then I would definitely leave him out.’ Rodgers disputed Hodgson’s version of events after Sterling was left out of the starting XI for the 1-0 win over Estonia and replaced by Adam Lallana.
Hodgson added: ‘Unfortunately I have 30 witnesses and Brendan was not there. If that’s all it is, he got the wrong end of the stick and I would be happy to put him right and I would be happy to talk to him about it. He was not there. ‘He (Sterling) came just before we started training. I never said Raheem said he was too tired to play. He did play and got us the free-kick which won the game. I said he said he was too tired before training and as a result I left him out of the team.’
