Burnley keeper Pope could add to England caps over international break
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And that means Burnley’s Nick Pope could add to his seven caps for his country, having been recalled to the squad after missing out on the last two selections.
Pope played three-successive games last March for the Three Lions, all in World Cup qualifying, as England beat San Marino 5-0 at home, won 2-0 in Albania, and then saw off Poland 2-1 at Wembley – Pope conceding his only goal to Brightons Jakub Moder.
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Hide AdEngland are preparing for the World Cup in Qatar, which starts in November, and with only three camps between now and then, time is of the essence as Pope looks to travel to a second-successive Finals, after being in the squad as Southgate’s side reached the semi-finals in Russia in 2018.


First up are friendlies against Switzerland – who England last met in June 2019 in the Nations League third-place play-off, the Three Lions prevailing on penalties after a goal-less draw – before a first international meeting with Ivory Coast, with Maxwel Cornet expected to feature the the Elephants.
Southgate has established number one Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale and Pope to utilise, with Ramsdale pushing Pickford hard for the jersey after an impressive first season with Arsenal, although he was at fault for Liverpool’s opener in their 2-0 win at the Emirates on Wednesday night.
And Southgate explained of the battle: "We do want competition for places, there's no doubt about that, it's healthy for everybody.
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Hide Ad"Aaron is having a good season with Arsenal, the interesting part if going to be no goalkeeper or defender is going to come through a full season faultlessly, and how do you deal with those little setbacks along the way?
"But it's good for us to have competition, we will play more than one goalkeeper across this camp, that was always our plan.
"Nick Pope, back in, has been performing well for Burnley as well,
"That is a good contest to have that drives each individual.”