England manager Roy Hodgson warns players told not to discuss Wayne Rooney In a delicate situation: England manager Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney Picture: ACTION IMAGES By Henry Winter, Football Correspondent11:00PM BST 08 Aug 2013 Such is the sensitivity over Wayne Rooney’s broken relationship with Manchester United and interest in joining Chelsea that the England manager, Roy Hodgson, will instruct his players to avoid discussing club matters whenthey gather at St George’s Park on Sunday evening before next week’s friendly with Scotland at Wembley. Hodgson will not stop Rooneychatting with the Chelsea players Ashley Cole, Gary Cahill and Frank Lampard but emphasised his “duty of care”to Unitedand their manager, David Moyes. Hodgson has twice spoken to Moyes and once to Rooney, who is in that strange political situation of being fit to play for country but not club during his current stand-off with United. Hodgson has also talked to Chelsea’s manager, Jose Mourinho, about the tense situation.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 04:24:04 +0000
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