Roy Hodgson is urging English football not to lose sight of the importance of international combat.
The England coach is already having to cope with the absence of four key players for the friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Brazil. More worrying though are the issue of post-season friendlies forChelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham that will take away key figures from his squad and deny them the week's rest he was hoping for.
That scenario is not one Hodgson envisaged, leading him to make an emotional plea on behalf of the international game. "I don't think I can ever stop emphasising how important playing for England should be," he said.
"If we're not careful we're going to lose sight of the fact that, yes, the Barclays Premier League is a fantastic league and winning it is something quite fantastic to do and the Champions League and Europa League are big things too but international football is up there.
"You've only got to wait for the World Cup or European Championships to come around to see how vitally important people regard the national team.
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