Roy sees red at Masch mess

MIDFIELDER Javier Mascherano headed to Barcelona from Liverpool yesterday with manager Roy Hodgson blasting his selfish attitude.

The Argentina captain’s long-awaited transfer to the Spanish club is expected to be completed in the next 24 hours after the Reds accepted a suitable bid, having rejected a £16 million (€19.4m) offer last weekend.

When news of that approach reached the 26-year-old, he backed out of playing in the Barclays Premier League defeat to Manchester City at Eastlands on Monday. That severely disrupted Hodgson’s plans and he hit out at the player’s unprofessionalism.