English soccer team is desperately lacking a defender these days, and despite a need of the hour, manager Roy Hodgson has ruled any chance of asking former Chelsea and England skipper John Terry to break his retirement. Hodgson is lacking good defenders for England’s coming world cup qualifiers after being hit by injuries to its main players; hence it was presumed by the media that Terry could be roped in, but Hodgson has no interest in doing so. He is trying to say that Terry has lost its charm to play in England national squad, however, he did not say anything against him, but massage is clear and loud that a player, who is out of the site for more than a year, has no chance of coming back in the team. John Terry took his retirement from international soccer back in 2012 and since then England has not found any reliable replacement to fit into his shoes. Talking about Terry, Hodgson said,
“The fact is John Terry has retired from international football, a decision I have respected.
“I think it’s wrong for people to ask for people to consistently come back. I’m working with a group of players here and we’ve had quite a lot of games here since John retired.
“Where do we stop? Should Michael Owen come out of retirement every time we can’t score a goal? Let’s stick really to the guys playing regularly every week.
“I’ve got great respect for John Terry and he did a fantastic job during Euro 2012. But circumstances contrived against me in that respect and he felt the need to retire, so let’s respect that.
“And let’s also show some respect for the young Chris Smalling and the not-so-young but well-tried-and-tested Joleon Lescott. Because Joleon Lescott’s at Manchester City, he’s a champion of England; Chris Smalling is playing for Manchester United.
“I’m not exactly putting a couple of players from non-league football out there on Tuesday night against Montenegro. And I think we should show them a bit more respect and not constantly compare them.
“Maybe while we’re talking about John we could maybe talk about Roy McFarland and Colin Todd. How far back do you want us to go?”
So, it seems something has been boiled in the last one year between Terry and Hodgson; otherwise, he would have a soft corner for him and would try to call him back citing the urgency.