GLENN Hoddle believes that signing to QPR will result in his getting a regular midfield run-out.
Still looks like a relatively healthy TV cop56-year-old Hoddle believes that logic-based prejudice against his unusual belief that he can still play at the top professional level has prevented him from getting his chance.
He said: Since I left Chelsea 20 years ago, I feel Ive not been allowed to fulfil my potential on the field that was so obvious back in 1975.
I thought Id get my chance when I was managing England in the 1998 World Cup. I was going to pick myself for the quarter final but that idiot Beckham loused things up.
I coach kids now, and I tell them, ‘Youre rubbish! Give up! None of you are any good. Not like me. I should be playing out there, not you.’ And sure enough, none of them goes on to succeed, which shows Im right.
Im like my haircut. It was good enough back in the 1970s and its good enough now.
I mean, its QPR, for Christs sake. If theyre letting Rio Ferdinand play, I should be first name on the team sheet.
Hoddle is also optimistic of reviewing his pop partnership with Chris Waddle: I reckon wed fill out the O2 Arena if we reformed. We had class, we could carry a tune.
“Not like One Direction. I should be lead singer of One Direction.