Hodgson ‘may be forced to pick John Terry’
Roy Hodgson may be forced into a U-turn over John Terry according to the Daily Mirror, while Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has again been linked with the Chelsea manager’s job.
It is claimed that new England boss Hodgson is leaning towards omitting Terry from his Euro 2012 squad but may yet have to select him because of injuries to other players.
Chris Smalling is sidelined, while Terry’s Chelsea team-mate Gary Cahill has been struggling with a hamstring problem.
Hodgson is said to have misgivings about selecting both Terry and Rio Ferdinand, given that the Blues skipper is accused of racially abusing the Manchester United man’s brother Anton. Terry strongly denies doing so.
A source close to Abramovich is quoted as saying: “Guardiola is still Roman’s first choice and Chelsea are trying all the time to get him.
“But he appears to be adamant that he wants to take a break and if they cannot get Guardiola, Harry is next on the list.”
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12/05/2012 @ 12:31 pm
Oh and by the by; never even think about it; Bran leaving Chelsea, we’d be mad and I simply can’t see it.
12/05/2012 @ 12:29 pm
I’ve always rated Harry’s brand of football; since his days at West Ham but firstly, he is one of those managers who can’t seem to stem ‘bad moments’ very well. There those that do and those that don’t – Ferguson does enough to get out of ‘bad moments’ fairly swiftly, Jose certainly could quickly turn it around; our Carlo had difficulty and Harry the same with Spuds this season, a ‘bad moment’ with these guys turn into a bad month, perhaps two. Just my observation and as said, I do rate Harry and it would be interesting to see what he could do with the squad we could offer him; may also tempt in Modric……I could say I’d be surprised if he risked the wrath of Spuds but hey; here’s the man that left Portsmouth for Southampton, or was it the other way round. So I’d love to see Pep but the press and non-Chelsea public would be gagging for the collapse with the man Roman always wanted. Harry would do and he’s Prem lg and got to be better than the alternatives…………either way, still carefree.