Glen Johnson is reluctant to play for Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson, it has been revealed.
The Mail on Sunday says the player's representatives will meet new director of football strategy, Damien Comolli, this week to make it clear the £18million England man has no faith left in Hodgson's "boring" style of play.
Johnson's team will also claim the boss rushed the defender back from a groin injury, leading to further setbacks.
"Things have moved rapidly downhill for Glen since Roy arrived," said a source. "He finds the style of football boring and the way he was criticised by the manager in public was uncalled for. He was made to train too soon with a groin injury and it's kept him out for longer than it should have done."
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