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Roy Hodgson has recently talked about the possibility of luring John Terry into the English national football team as the head manager wants to reinforce the defensive section of the national squad and he is viewing the already retired John Terry as a possible option.

“There are, in my opinion, no left-sided centre-backs who are English playing in the league who are at least at the level of the ones we are choosing and that’s a fact of life and there’s not much we can do about it’’

“The point that we haven’t got the left-sided one is quite right, but there is nothing I can do about that unless suddenly in the next five weeks some brilliant English left-sided centre-back appears on the scene and I don’t anticipate that. I had a long chat with John the other day; he’s a very nice guy. But because he retired so long ago, he retired four years ago. He doesn’t feature in my thinking too often.But I can’t deny that is a valid point.’’ England’s Roy Hodgson said. Read More

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Paul Clement has stated that the arrival of goalkeeper Scott Carson is a major boost

indexDecember 27, 2015

Derby manager Paul Clement has stated that the arrival of goalkeeper Scott Carson is a major boost to the team ahead of the new Championship season. The former Wigan Athletic goalkeeper provides a lot of experience to the back four that crumbled towards the end of last season.

If it had not been for this poor form, Derby would have been playing in the Premier League by now and Steve McLaren would have been in charge of the team. As it is, McLaren was sacked just before the summer holidays began. Clement has been brought in for his first managerial career.

Derby are aware that the Englishman has little experience of managing a club as the figurehead, but they are confident of having secured a bright young manager. Clement has worked under Italian legend Carlo Ancelotti for several years at various top clubs like Real Madrid and Paris St Germain. The experience of working under such big names have such big clubs will have certainly provided him with immense experience, although it will be a completely different job to manage a club in the Championship that has promotion aspirations. More often than not, this league has proven difficult even for experienced managers. Read More

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It was looking like a day to forget for striker Wayne Rooney

indexJuly 20, 2015

For 85 minutes against Slovenia, it was looking like a day to forget for striker Wayne Rooney after he had missed some crucial chances to put his team ahead. The England team were trailing two Slovenia and were in danger of dropping their first points in the group stages.

After a disappointing World Cup 2014, the team has been on an impeccable run of form that has seen them take up five wins out of five up until now. A sixth victory would put them in a commanding position going into the last few games.

Third placed Slovenia were also fighting for qualification and a positive result would have helped them close the gap on second placed Switzerland. As it is, Switzerland have been able to secure a commanding position after getting a win to take advantage of the dropped points for Slovenia. Two goals from Jack Wilshere had given England a 2-1 lead in the match. However, Pečnik’s goal with six minutes remaining looked to have given them a well-earned point. After missing two big chances before his moment in the 86th minute, Rooney may have been forgiven for not being confident. However, he converted his chance with aplomb to give England all three points from this difficult away match. Read More

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Ryan Bertrand wants to have a bigger role in Roy Hodgon’s team

indexApril 24, 2015

For a fee of €10 million, Ryan Bertrand was transferred from Aston Villa to Southampton and it has turned out to be a bargain price for the team of Ronald Koeman as the 25 year old defender has turned out to be one of the best players in this season of the Premier League.

Bertrand has performed in almost all of the Premier League matches in this season for Southampton with impressive performances being made throughout the entire campaign but he is now ready to make a claim in the England national football team.

The last match that Bertrand played with England was back in March 31 when he entered the pitch at the 87^th minute during a friendly match that was being battled out between Italy and England at the Juventus Stadium.

Bertrand is hoping that he play a bigger role for England at the international stage and even though the undisputed left-back of Southampton only played for a few minutes against Italy, he said a few things concerning the match and how it was for him to get back on the pitch.

When Ryan Bertrand was asked about the left-back position in England, he replied by saying: “You know, it’s down to the manager. Whoever he wants to pick, it is his decision.’’ Read More