Roy Hodgson (in pic) said he had no intention of resigning despite steering his team to the brink of their worst World Cup performance in 56 years — insisting the future was bright. But the “devastated” coach conceded his employers the Football Association could rethink his position following his team’s devastating 2-1 loss to Uruguay in Sao Paulo on Thursday.
“I’m bitterly disappointed, of course, but I don’t feel I need to resign, no,” 66-year-old Hodgson told ITV. “On the other hand, if the FA think I’m not the right man to do the job...”
Hodgson said luis Suarez’s late winner was an “unbelievable blow” after England worked their way back into the game with a Wayne Rooney equaliser.
“We believed we could do enough to get a result in this game. Having worked so hard to get back to 1-1 I believed we would go on to win the game or at least draw, so to concede the second goal is an unbelievable blow. I don’t really know what to say at this time. We are more than disappointed, we’re devastated.”