„Manchester City“ goalkeeper, who has played 43 matches for his country so far, could outperform Wayne Rooney, a player of another Manchester club, „United“. Joe Hart has become a serious candidate to receive the captain's armband for the England national team.
Previously, it was thought that after Steven Gerrard's retirement from international football, English coach Roy Hodgson would appoint the captaincy to the „Man United“ striker. However, the „Sunday Mirror Sport“ reports that Joe Hart's candidacy is also being considered.
Hodgson was pleasantly surprised by the influence of the „Man City“ goalkeeper in the team's dressing room. Hart is also the main strategist choice in goal and stood between the posts in the first European Championship qualification match against Switzerland in September.
With a week left until the first official match, a friendly match with the Norwegian national team is still planned, so the national team captain will be clear when Roy Hodgson announces the team line-up for both matches.
Rooney is still the favorite, but the coach believes that the „Man United“ striker would be more useful if he focused on his game instead of getting distracted by captaincy duties.
If he were to receive the captain's armband, Joe Hart would become the fourth goalkeeper in the country's history to do so. Until then, captains had been Peter Shilton, Ray Clemence, and David Seaman.
