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Dann explains key to Hodgson's sustained success

Speaking with Premier League Productions from home this week, Scott Dann revealed what he sees as the key to Roy Hodgson's sustained success over a 44-year managerial career.

Dann provided a fleeting insight into Hodgson's day-to-day approach, saying:

"He’s still driven, still motivated, still in the Training Ground early, still got that hunger in training every day, taking all the sessions.

"When someone’s got that mindset, I feel they can go on for however long they'd like to.

"His love of the game is what’s kept him in it for so long. With the career he’s had in management, it’s taken him all over the world and a lot of managers will turn around at a certain age and say: ‘Right, I’ve done everything I wanted to do, achieved all the things I wanted to achieve,’ and walk away and enjoy themselves.