Two years after leaving Crystal Palace, Roy Hodgson says returning was not a ‘tough decision to make’.
The former Liverpool, Fulham, and England manager, to mention a few, retired after Watford was relegated from the
Premier League last season.
However, with the Eagles standing in 12th position and three points from the relegation positions, Palace ousted
manager Patrick Vieira during the international break and resorted back to Hodgson.
Hodgson previously spent four years at Selhurst Park, where he equalled the team’s all-time high of 49 points in a
single season during the 2018/19 Premier League season.
When asked why he returned to the Palace dugout, Hodgson told the club’s website: “The time I spent here was
[four] very good years.” I developed really positive relationships not just with the owners and the sporting director,
but also with many other individuals around the club, not the least of which were the players. Coming back in that
respect was not a difficult decision.
“I wouldn’t make too much of the fact that, as everyone knows, it was my boyhood club, but it does mean that things
slot in rather nicely now that I’m back, since people know me and how I prefer to work, and I know a lot of them.
