England keeper trial a great way to go into World Cup, says Jack Butland

• Stoke No1 out to stake his claim against Italy at Wembley
• ‘Whoever is selected comes in off a battle, which is what you want’

Jack Butland has welcomed the competition for places for the England goalkeeper’s jersey, with only three games to play before the World Cup finals, as he prepares to stake his claim to be first choice in the friendly against Italy on Tuesday.

The Stoke City goalkeeper is expected to earn his seventh cap at Wembley, almost six years after his debut against the same opponents, after watching Jordan Pickford excel in the friendly victory in the Netherlands last Friday.

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