Roy Hodgson has opened up on his impending exit from Crystal Palace and insisted that he still has plenty of ‘energy and enthusiasm’ at the age of 73.

The Croydon-born boss announced on Tuesday that he will end his Selhurst Park tenure at the end of the season, but is yet to decide whether his time away from football is temporary or permanent.

And now, speaking on Good Morning Britain, the ex-England manager has insisted that he is not ‘retiring from life’ when he leaves Palace later this month. 

When asked if he is stepping away from football for good, he said: ‘I don’t know. I don’t like that idea that you have a fanfare and you retire from football as if you’re retiring from life. There’s still things I’d like to do, I’ve still got energy and enthusiasm to do other things. 

‘I really don’t have any plans and I don’t have any goals either. It’s just a question of being a little bit wary, I guess, of saying “well, I’m retiring” and then finding myself in the old Frank Sinatra position where you retire every year or so.’

Hodgson has been a football manager since 1976, spending the last 45 years across 22 different jobs in a multitude of countries.

He has managed the likes of Inter Milan, Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom, as well as the England national team for Euro 2012, the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.

When quizzed about the secret behind his longevity and how he had ‘survived’ in the game for so long, Hodgson added: ‘It’s strange you use the word survival, because that’s what we in football tend to use as a term as well. 

‘There is an element of survival. You need resilience, to be able to put up with things, accept there will be good and bad moments. Don’t allow the good moments to carry you away and don’t allow let the bad moments bury you.

‘The biggest thing you need is the help around you, you need very good staff and very good people around you that you can trust and rely on, and know that they’re as good at doing the job as you are yourself, so that you can hand over responsibility to them. 

‘And then secondly, you need good players because the bottom line of succeeding as a manager or coach is to have players who are good enough to do the job on the field.’

Over the past four years, he has certainly had players good enough to keep Palace in the Premier League, finishing 11th, 12th and 14th in the league, with the team currently sitting 13th this season with just two matches to go.

Roy Hodgson has opened up on his impending exit from Crystal Palace and insisted that he still has plenty of ‘energy and enthusiasm’ at the age of 73.

The Croydon-born boss announced on Tuesday that he will end his Selhurst Park tenure at the end of the season, but is yet to decide whether his time away from football is temporary or permanent.

And now, speaking on Good Morning Britain, the ex-England manager has insisted that he is not ‘retiring from life’ when he leaves Palace later this month. 

When asked if he is stepping away from football for good, he said: ‘I don’t know. I don’t like that idea that you have a fanfare and you retire from football as if you’re retiring from life. There’s still things I’d like to do, I’ve still got energy and enthusiasm to do other things. 

‘I really don’t have any plans and I don’t have any goals either. It’s just a question of being a little bit wary, I guess, of saying “well, I’m retiring” and then finding myself in the old Frank Sinatra position where you retire every year or so.’

Hodgson has been a football manager since 1976, spending the last 45 years across 22 different jobs in a multitude of countries.

He has managed the likes of Inter Milan, Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom, as well as the England national team for Euro 2012, the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016.

When quizzed about the secret behind his longevity and how he had ‘survived’ in the game for so long, Hodgson added: ‘It’s strange you use the word survival, because that’s what we in football tend to use as a term as well. 

‘There is an element of survival. You need resilience, to be able to put up with things, accept there will be good and bad moments. Don’t allow the good moments to carry you away and don’t allow let the bad moments bury you.

‘The biggest thing you need is the help around you, you need very good staff and very good people around you that you can trust and rely on, and know that they’re as good at doing the job as you are yourself, so that you can hand over responsibility to them. 

‘And then secondly, you need good players because the bottom line of succeeding as a manager or coach is to have players who are good enough to do the job on the field.’

Over the past four years, he has certainly had players good enough to keep Palace in the Premier League, finishing 11th, 12th and 14th in the league, with the team currently sitting 13th this season with just two matches to go.