Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is concerned Europe's ash crisis will hurt their preparations for the Europa League semifinal at Hamburg.

UEFA are expected to announce on Monday whether or not they intend to let Fulham's first leg in Hamburg go ahead.

British airspace is closed until at least 7am Sunday morning.

Hodgson confirmed that UEFA had been in touch with the club during Saturday afternoon's 0-0 Barclays Premier League draw with Wolves.

He now hopes that the ash blows over to allow Fulham to fly to Hamburg on Wednesday morning as originally planned.

"UEFA have been in touch with the club and the English FA are in touch with the matter," said Hodgson. "One of UEFA's concerns is that it should be fair and that their opponents don't have to go through hell and high water to get to the game.

"An ideal scenario would be that the volcanic ash clears up and we can fly over to Germany.

"It's totally and utterly linked to if there are flights. If there are no flights then the only option is to get a train and bus to Hamburg.

"There could still be a further problem because there might be no trains or coaches to travel on but I'm confident UEFA will resolve the problem."