‘He was unwell last night’ – Lewington hopes Watford boss Hodgson will be in dugout this weekend

Ray Lewington is hopeful that Watford manager Roy Hodgson will be in the dugout for their huge game against Burnley this weekend.

Lewington has revealed that Hodgson felt unwell on Thursday evening and that he is resting up on medical advice.

Watford are 19th in the table and they are nine points behind Burnley with five games to go.

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“He was unwell last night, in the hotel,” Lewington said, standing in for Watford boss Hodgson at the club’s pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.

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“We came in this morning together and he said to me: ‘I’m feeling quite bad at the moment’, so the doctor saw him and I think he really just needed a rest.

“I am absolutely sure he will be there tomorrow.

“They don’t quite know what’s wrong with him, he’s seeing a couple of people this afternoon.

“I don’t think it’s anything serious, but he just felt generally unwell.”

Hodgson left Crystal Palace at the end of last season, but returned to top-flight management after Watford parted company with Claudio Ranieri during January.

“Anyone that knows Roy knows that he puts everything into everything he does,” said Lewington, who also worked with Hodgson during his spell with Fulham and the national team as well as Palace.

“I must admit, I think this is just a one-off illness and nothing in reflection on what’s happening here.

“He’s totally engrossed in whatever he does, when it involves football, so I think