Hodgson puts retirement on hold

England manager Roy Hodgson has revealed he believed his coaching career had come to an end when he stepped down as national coach of Finland in November 2007.

Then aged 60, Hodgson had accepted an offer to return to Inter Milan, where he had twice previously been coach, to work alongside the Italian club's long-standing president, Massimo Moratti.

But a month later he was appointed manager of Fulham, which he would lead to the Europa League final in 2010, and after subsequent spells at Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion, he became England manager in May 2012.