Javier Mascherano Mind Wasn’t Right For City Class – Hodgson
Javier Mascherano was not “in the right mind” to face Manchester City. This was the comments from Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson who also revealed that the Argentine international will only leave the club for the right price.
Early reports suggested that Mascherano might have been in negotiations with Barcelona. However, it is understood that Liverpool rejected a £12million offer and that prompted Mascherano to sit out Monday’s game at City.
Hodgson told <em>Sky Sports</em>: “I don’t know where he is tonight, but he’s not with us here anyway.
“He’s not here because obviously there is some speculation about his future and at the moment his mind isn’t right, so it wasn’t correct to select him.
“Hopefully matters will get resolved, certainly before the end of the transfer window and I’ll have a chance to pick him again, but tonight would not have been a good time to select him.”
Regarding whether Mascherano would go, Hodgson added: “I don’t have a gut feeling about it, basically speaking the club has got a position.
“Of course, we are under pressure from another club who wants to buy him, but we are in good company as it has happened to a lot of clubs during this period of time.
“It will happen, I guess, a day when the offer for him matches our valuation, but until that day he stays with us.”
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