Fulham boss Roy Hodgson wants to win the Europa League final for the memory of Sir Bobby Robson.

Hodgson and the ex-England boss were big pals until Sir Bobby's death from cancer last year.

Robson is the last English manager to win a major European trophy - with Barcelona in 1997. Hodgson said: "To follow a manager like Bobby Robson would be fantastic because, as you know, we were friends for many years.

"He was a great man, a great manager and it would be nice to think I could follow him."

Robson won the European Cup Winners' Cup at Barca. Hodgson added: "You work hard to get to a final. You know one of you is going to go smiling and one's going to leave the field with tears in their eyes."