Red Roy stands firm on Masch issue

(19-08-2010) Roy Hodgson refuses to budge on Javier Mascherano and insists the Argentine captain can only leave if they receive a reasonable offer for the midfielder. The 26-year-old has expressed a firm desire to leave Anfield for Inter Milan. "We haven't had an offer for him. We want an offer that meets what we think is his value, and Javier is perfectly happy with this,” said Hodgson on Wednesday. "He has also made it clear that he doesn't regard it as a hardship to play for Liverpool Football Club. In fact, it's the reverse. It's because of family matters that he wants to go.” He added: "He is resigned to one of two possibilities - either a club doesn't come along and offer us his valuation, in which case he stays, or we have an offer that meets his valuation, in which case he may go."