Allardyce keeps faith in Hart
England boss says City keeper will be in next week's squad.
England boss Sam Allardyce has confirmed that goalkeeper Joe Hart will definitely'' be in his first squad when it is announced on Sunday. Hart has been told he can leave Manchester City either on loan or permanently by new boss Pep Guardiola, with Willy Caballero starting all of the club's matches so far this season and Barcelona's Claudio Bravo on the verge of completing a switch to the Etihad Stadium. But Allardyce has no qualms about picking a goalkeeper who has been England's number one since 2010 - although he admits it is a concern if players are not getting any game time at club level. He told Sky Sports News:The problem for any player you want to select for England, not just in isolation but in total areas, is that it will be a concern if a player doesn't play for his team. I think that you have to have your doubts about that. "But before I meet up with Joe I don't really know where he lies in that process at the moment, so I think that when we pick the first squad and then the lads come here (St George's Park) there will be some lads that don't play on a regular basis.
"Roy (Hodgson) talked about that many times before so I think that we, in the end, select the players that are in the best form, yes. Are they fit and playing? Yes. Can you get them all in the England squad that play every week? Probably no now, so that is a concern that we have to overcome and hopefully that's on top of hopefully not too many players getting injured.
"All that falls around on the basis that English players playing in the Premier League has diminished over the years, so we have to cope with that the best way that we can.
"In terms of picking Joe and the goalkeeper that he is he will be in the squad, definitely. What do we do? I won't really know that until I speak to Joe and that will be the same with most of the players when they arrive.''
Allardyce also praised Wayne Rooney but stopped short of confirming he'll remain skipper.