Hodgson dismisses Liverpool link

(GSM) – Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has dismissed speculation linking him with Liverpool after watching his side defeat cross-city rivals West Ham United 3-2 at Craven Cottage.

Having taken Fulham to the final of the Europa League, where they will face Atletico Madrid later this month, the English manager has been tipped to replace Rafael Benitez on Merseyside.

But Hodgson insists that while it is flattering to be linked with such clubs, he is happy at Craven Cottage.

“I am happy here at Fulham,” he said. “I have got a contract here at Fulham. I am happy with the job I am doing. My name is sufficiently strong at the moment to be linked with other jobs and, of course, that is flattering and it is nice to hear, but as far as I am concerned it is speculation because I am at Fulham.

“We all prefer praise to criticism and love to hatred. It would be ludicrous to suggest I am not enjoying people saying and writing nice things about me and the team, but I am trying to keep a level head and keep things in perspective.”