Hodgson: why no King move

Roy Hodgson has revealed the real reason why Wigan bound striker Marlon King didn't join Fulham, explaining long-term worries over a knee injury prevented the move from happening.

"I wanted Marlon as a player," said Hodgson on Sky Sports News. "I met him and was happy to work with him at the club.

"Then, two aspects were out of my hands, ie the medical. First our staff, and then Mohamed Al Fayed's personal physician looked at the player, and then the negotiations with the player with regard to his personal contract.

"I believe that some sort of deal had been agreed between Fulham Football Club and Watford before that came about, and the information I was given, quite simply, was that the personal physician of Mohamed Al Fayed was not prepared to give a guarantee given the injury that it would not reoccur."