Hodgson says England will use sports psychiatrist to aid World Cup bid
Roy Hodgson has confirmed that England have brought in a leading sports psychiatrist to assist them with their preparations for the World Cup in Brazil later this year.
Dr Steven Peters has worked with reigning world snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan as well as some of the country's cyclists and is currently working with Liverpool.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of England's friendly with Denmark at Wembley on Wednesday, the England manager revealed he is delighted to secure the services of Dr Peters.
"Yes we are (bringing a sports psychologist in)," Hodgson said. "It's not just any psychologist either - it's Dr Steve Peters who is a very famous man in that area.
"He has a great CV of working in different sports and has been doing some work with Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers so Steve knows him quite well.
"It is something we have spoken about for some time but we wanted to get the right man - luckily Brendan let me talk to Steve and he has accepted our invitations so we are happy with that."
