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# West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green is on the verge of quitting England
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## Robert Green is on the verge of quitting international football. The 31
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-year-old goalkeeper is understood to have become disillusioned at the lack of
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opportunities he has had for England since last summer's World Cup finals.
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![Robert Green - Robert Green is on the verge of quitting England][1]
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Lack of opportunites: Robert Green (right) with Joe Hart and Ben Foster Photo:
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[![Jason Burt][2]][3]
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By [Jason Burt][4] 11:00PM BST 12 May 2011
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Green's thinking is not linked to Ben Foster's decision, announced on
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Wednesday and without consultation with **[England][7]** manager Fabio
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Capello, that he would take an "indefinite break" from the national squad.
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Indeed Foster's announcement may persuade Green to change his mind and
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continue making himself available for selection. If not, Capello will be faced
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with a severe shortage of goalkeepers.
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Green would become the third goalkeeper to stand down from international duty
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during Capello's reign, after Paul Robinson's decision to retire last year
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because he thought he should be first choice.
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Joe Hart is England's No 1 but Capello would be struggling to find suitable,
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experienced goalkeepers for the crucial Euro 2012 qualifier at home to
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Switzerland in just three weeks, should Green not change his mind.
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It is understood that the West Ham goalkeeper's decision was prompted by his
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disappointment that he did not play in last month's friendly against Ghana.
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## Related Articles
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* [Hart 'could be England's most capped player ever'][8]
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13 May 2011
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* [Bombshell for Capello as Foster quits England][9]
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11 May 2011
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* [Capello silent on captaincy][10]
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12 May 2011
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* [Capello talk isn't cheap for FA][11]
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29 Mar 2011
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* [Nothing gained from Wilshere playing in U21s][12]
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28 Mar 2011
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* [Parker hopes he has foothold in England team][13]
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27 Mar 2011
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Hart played in that game, having also played the full 90 minutes a few days
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earlier against Wales.
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Foster withdrew from the squad, leading to Green stepping up to second choice,
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with Scott Carson also drafted in to complete England's complement of
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goalkeepers.
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However, Hart was not substituted and Green remained on the bench, just as he
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had done in Cardiff.
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It is not unusual for experienced goalkeepers to stand down from international
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duty -- the Republic of Ireland suffered a similar problem a few years ago
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when Dean Kiely grew weary of being Shay Given's understudy -- and the nature
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of the position means chances to play are limited.
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It is understood that Green held talks with England coaching staff after the
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Ghana game and expressed his intention to quit playing for his country, having
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earned nine caps in five years.
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It is all the more frustrating for Green given how long he waited to get his
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chance in the first place. For a while he even joked -- and had it embossed on
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his gloves -- that he was "England's No 6" and he did appear to have been
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overlooked by previous managers.
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Green made the point that the Ghana game was a friendly and an opportunity for
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him to receive his first cap since the horrific error he committed against the
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United States in last summer's finals in South Africa.
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He has not played for his country since that difficult evening although
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Capello maintained that Green still had an international future. It is
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believed that Green was persuaded to reconsider his decision.
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There have not been any talks with him since, partly because the England
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management wanted to leave Green -- who they rate highly as a character as
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well as a player -- to concentrate on his club football given the relegation
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battle he finds himself in at West Ham.
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There will be a discussion, it is hoped, before the announcement of the squad
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to face Switzerland on May 23 and it would appear likely that, given Foster's
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decision, Green will be persuaded to change his mind for now.
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It may well be that Green was acting impulsively, given his disappointment at
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not playing in the Ghana game, and that he will stay with the squad.
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The player faced severe criticism after his mistake against the Americans,
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which allowed Clint Dempsey to equalise, and which led to him losing his place
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in the team to David James.
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Capello had waited until the eve of the World Cup before confirming Green as
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his first choice with the manager then, after the tournament, declaring that
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Hart would be England's future goalkeeper.
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Green has also suffered injury problems this season and pulled out of a squad
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for internationals last autumn because he required hip surgery.
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Capello's attitude to players who threaten to retire has usually been to allow
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them to make their decision and move on.
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However, given the kind of personality Green is and, more pressingly, the
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dearth of goalkeepers available to him, he will hope the player changes his
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mind.
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Foster stunned Capello with his announcement, which was made on the
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**[Birmingham City][14]** website.
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The 28 year-old has to undergo hand surgery recently and has grown
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increasingly frustrated at the mounting injury problems he has faced and the
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toll they have taken on his body.
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Like Green, he has also become disillusioned with what he feels as a lack of
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chances to play given Hart's fine form and his age, 24.
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Capello has selected David Stockdale for squads in the past, but he is not
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first choice at Fulham, while there will be interest in John Ruddy now that
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Norwich City are in the Premier League. From the under-21s, Frankie Fielding
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and Scott Loach have also trained with the seniors.
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But the major concern now, given Foster's decision and if Green does retire,
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will be the lack of an experienced understudy to Hart. David James has said he
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is still available but he will be 41 this year. Carson would seem the only
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alternative.
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