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Roy Hodgson: 'I told Arsene Wenger to sign Danny Welbeck'

England manager Roy Hodgson has revealed that he encouraged Arsene Wenger to take Danny Welbeck last summer. The 24-year-old left boyhood club Manchester United last August to sign for Arsenal in a £16m deadline-day deal. However, Hodgson has admitted that he tried to convince Wenger to sign the forward, prior to the deal going through. He told reporters: "I speak to him very often. We spoke of course before he signed him and I was singing Danny's praises, so I'm delighted Arsene has seen that my judgment wasn't wrong and that he shares that judgment. "We [England] like Danny very much. We've always shown faith in Danny. Many times he was selected by me when he wasn't actually...
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