England manager Roy Hodgson believes Liverpool talisman Luis Suarez could struggle to replicate his club form in the FIFA World Cup 2014 for Uruguay.
The Uruguayan striker single handedly led Liverpool from the front this season, scoring 31 goals in the Premier League as the Reds came very close to securing their first league title in 24 years but according to Hodgson, he will find it difficult to display the same kind of venom for Uruguay.
The two former world champions have been drawn together in Group D along with another former champion Italy and Costa Rica and will face off in the second round.
Hodgson believes the double footballer of the year award winner, who scored 31 goals after returning from suspension to inspire the club’s challenge for the title, will struggle at the FIFA World Cup 2014 without the aid of his club mates.
The England boss said that he is not trying to take anything from what Suarez has done throughout the season and he is without a doubt his player of the season, adding that he has been exceptional and he is a player of immense caliber.
However, he is not alone in that aspect and according to Hodgson, he will not have the same players in the national team that he has at Liverpool and that might affect his game.
The former West Bromwich Albion and Fulham manager also pointed out that he will not concentrate on any one player and his team talk will be about the entire Uruguayan team and not focus on an individual come the FIFA World Cup 2014.
Hodgson pointed out that if England is to progress through to the latter rounds or win the tournament in the end, they will have to play together as a team, a strongly knit unit.
