Roy Hodgson believes that he was the second choice for the Internazionale job back in 1995.

Hodgson, currently in charge of Premier League side Fulham, believes that the only reason he was handed the reins at the Italian giants was because Sir Alex Ferguson had already turned them down.

The Manchester United boss admitted this week that he had mulled over the idea of working abroad in the past, but had never been able to tear himself away from Old Trafford.

Hodgson, who has spent a career trekking the globe, feels that Ferguson would have been a huge success had he decided to leave these shores and admits that the opportunity may not have passed him by just yet.