Roy Hodgson claims Sam Allardyce still hasn't said sorry for mocking his speech impediment — and insists it is too late for him to bother doing so now.

The two ex-England managers cross swords at Goodison Park on Saturday for the first time since an undercover sting forced Big Sam to resign as Three Lions boss in September 2016 after one game against Slovakia.

The now-Everton gaffer referred to his England predecessor as ‘Woy’ and said: “He’d send them all to sleep, Roy. He hasn’t got the personality for it.”

Crystal Palace's Hodgson, who appeared ­genuinely hurt discussing the subject, said: “Do you like being insulted? No, not particularly.

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“Did it bother me? I didn’t lose any sleep over it.

“My relationship with him ­before, I always thought was good. Now I would expect it to be less good. Will I shake hands with him? Of course.”

Although ­Allardyce said sorry in general to anyone he had offended, Hodgson never has received a personal call.

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Asked if he would still want Big Sam to apologise face to face, the Palace boss stated: “No. Far too late. It has gone. It belongs to the ­distant past.

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“In jobs like I am doing at the moment, when you are the ­manager of a Premier League club, you live very much in the ultimate present and the future.”

Allardyce also accused Hodgson of being “indecisive” at Euro 2016 and said he “collapsed” ­during the infamous last-16 defeat by tiny Iceland.

He added that his England predecessor should have “f******” told his No.2 Gary Neville “to sit down and shut up”.

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Allardyce, forced out of the Three Lions job after only 67 days, insisted he has said sorry several times, publicly.

Now he hopes to bury the hatchet when the pair meet on Merseyside – in person rather than over the phone.

“I never apologised personally because I never got hold of him, but went out and did it publicly,” he said. “I’ll hopefully speak to him and see him at the game. A lot of time has passed since that unfortunate situation I was in.”

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Allardyce revealed he did try to contact Hodgson, who he calls “a friend”, after he was 'stung' by undercover reporters.

He said: “If you are going to do something like that and say sorry, I prefer to be private.

“But I’ve never had the ­opportunity privately to talk about it, which would be better than a conversation on the phone. Hopefully, he will be fine with it.”