Roy Hodgson had nothing but good things to say about former England Captain David Beckham after the 38-year-old PSG midfielder announced his retirement early today.
The English manager said he wishes Beckham will continuing working in football in future. "I congratulate him on a glittering career and wish him well in the future, whatever he chooses to do, and I personally hope that will be in football." Hodgson told Sky Sports News.
The 65-year-old coach announced his squad for the upcoming friendlies against Republic or Ireland and Brazil, and despite the retirement of many of the Three Lion's more experienced players Hodgson believes their future is in safe hands.
"It's a strange week for me first seeing Rio (Ferdinand) retire, not so long back John Terry and now David Beckham, it does seem that a golden era may be approaching its end," he added.
"But the players I'm working with now and the players of the future have got some very important people to look up to. If they can get anywhere close to those players, I think our future in England is pretty well assured."
With his future plans still unclear, Hodgson hopes Beckham remains involved in the professional game.
"David is a man with many talents and a lot of people will now be offering him different jobs, different roles, some of which could take him away from football, but I'm rather hoping we will be able to keep him in football," he said.
"We could benefit from his experience, we could benefit from his charisma, and benefit from the magnificent past he has had as a football player."
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