Green fears for England future

West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green fears he may not feature in the plans of England boss Fabio Capello.

Green: Overlooked by Capello
Green: Overlooked by Capello

Green failed to force his way into England's final squad for the friendlies against Switzerland and France following the arrival of Capello in January.

And the shot-stopper has again been overlooked for the forthcoming meetings with USA and Trinidad & Tobago on May 28 and June 1 respectively.

Green admits that he could simply have failed to impress Capello and he fears he could be set to remain in the international wilderness while the Italian is in charge of England.

"There is a distinct possibility," Green told Sky Sports News when asked if could continue to miss out under Capello. "I'm failing to do so, so far.

"It's life. All I can do is focus on what I'm doing and, thankfully, I have had a good season at West Ham and hopefully I'll improve on that next season."

Green has earned one England cap to date which came when he appeared for 73 minutes in the friendly with Columbia in New Jersey in 2005 when the national side was under the management of Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Your Comments

mark9910 (West Ham United fan)

"mickgreen, we had the best defence outside the big 4 up until the 3 4-0's in march. that's hardly most of the season is it. green should be in the england squad at the very least and i'm sure this time next year he'll have cemented his place in the team, if not we've still got him at the boleyn ;) and almunia? back up club keeper at best."

kdelay (West Ham United fan)

"I don't remember David James, Paul Robinson, Scott Carson or indeed any other goalkeeper whiging on and on about being england's GK. I think hes great and is one of the best in the country but for gods sake stop whining!"

mickgreen707 (West Ham United fan)

"I hate to say this but the only way Green is going to be Englands number one keeper is if he leaves West Ham and joins one of the top 4 sides !!!! Cos the back 4 at West Ham have being very poor most of the season...."

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