West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green has been tipped to win an England recall by his club manager Gianfranco Zola.
The 28-year-old Green has one England cap and has not been in any of manager Fabio Capello's squads since March.
But after a fine display against Liverpool, Zola said: "I have told Robert that if he continues to perform, he will be back in the England squad.
"Capello knows what is the right thing to do, and Green knows he must continue to perform every week like he is now."
Green was outstanding in Monday's 0-0 draw at Liverpool, which lifted the Hammers to 13th in the Premier League table. It was also his third consecutive clean sheet.
Zola added: "I am delighted with Robert. He is looking very comfortable now. He was getting some stick but now he is getting the rewards he deserves.
The Italian, who was appointed in September, also revealed he feels his ideas are starting to bring success at the club.
"When I first arrived I wanted to improve the way we played, to be more offensive," Zola said. "But we discovered that we needed to improve in defence, and that is what we are trying to do.
"Our objective is to keep clean sheets and to score more goals. We will be working on that.
"The team is responding to what my staff and I are saying. They are keen to react and follow what we want, and that gives us hope for the future.
"My players are going through a good spell, we must not lose this momentum. Things had not been going well but things are now improving on our side of things, we must keep it going."
From : bbc.co.uk
The 28-year-old Green has one England cap and has not been in any of manager Fabio Capello's squads since March.
But after a fine display against Liverpool, Zola said: "I have told Robert that if he continues to perform, he will be back in the England squad.
"Capello knows what is the right thing to do, and Green knows he must continue to perform every week like he is now."
Green was outstanding in Monday's 0-0 draw at Liverpool, which lifted the Hammers to 13th in the Premier League table. It was also his third consecutive clean sheet.
Zola added: "I am delighted with Robert. He is looking very comfortable now. He was getting some stick but now he is getting the rewards he deserves.
The Italian, who was appointed in September, also revealed he feels his ideas are starting to bring success at the club.
"When I first arrived I wanted to improve the way we played, to be more offensive," Zola said. "But we discovered that we needed to improve in defence, and that is what we are trying to do.
"Our objective is to keep clean sheets and to score more goals. We will be working on that.
"The team is responding to what my staff and I are saying. They are keen to react and follow what we want, and that gives us hope for the future.
"My players are going through a good spell, we must not lose this momentum. Things had not been going well but things are now improving on our side of things, we must keep it going."
From : bbc.co.uk
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