McLeish backs Hart for England No.1

January 14, 2010

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has backed his goalkeeper Joe Hart to be England no.1. Hart is on a season long loan from Manchester City and has had 11 clean sheets so far this season and with the no.1 shirt still apparently up for grabs McLeish thinks his keeper should be in the running.

“He’s got to be a candidate. ” Said McLeish.

“Joe can probably look around at other England keepers and think he’s got as good a chance as anybody.”

Hart has kept clean sheets in four of his past five matches, while Birmingham are unbeaten in 14 games, lie eighth in the Premier League and are through to the FA Cup fourth round after their hard-fought victory over Forest.

McLeish added: “When Capello looks at all of his prospective players he’ll make sure they’ve got all the ingredients and Joe shows all those ingredients at the moment.

“He’s come on in leaps and bounds and has improved his game. He’s ironed out some rough edges which have made him even better.

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