Hodgson also presented his new employers with a logistical headache last night when he cancelled next week’s training trip to Malaga in Spain. He had already decided to give the Chelsea players involved in Saturday’s Champions League final the week off, as well as Wayne Rooney, and has now decided it is not worth going.

It could be he takes them to Manchester for a shorter training break before a friendly against Norway in Oslo a week on Saturday.

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