Roy Hodgson’s wife doesn’t seem too broken up about his coaching return

There were several considerations Roy Hodgson needed to make when deciding whether to come out of retirement at age 75.

One of the biggest was how his wife would feel about the whole thing. As it turns out, that doesn’t seem to have been too big of a hurdle.

Hodgson retired after coaching Watford for the second half of last season, only to be brought back by former club Crystal Palace earlier this month after Patrick Vieira was sacked.

Ahead of his first game in charge, Hodgson spoke to the media about his return to the game.

“I have accepted that I had retired, as it were, because that’s what everyone had been saying. When I walked down the street people would say to me, ‘Are you enjoying your retirement?'” he said.

“At the same time, I have never really felt old enough to retire, if the truth be known. I know what I am, I know my birth certificate tells me I am, but the way I feel doesn’t really tell me that.

“So I suppose there has always been an opening there for a project such as this one whereby I know very clearly what the project is, what the objective is, why I am there and what is expected of me.”

He then touched on the subject of his wife Sheila, who doesn’t seem to have been too broken up about him spending a bit more time outside of the house.