There has been a remarkable backlash to the announcement of the England squad for two friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
Despite the incredible hype there is no place in the 25 man squad for Jack Butland with Gareth Southgate selecting three ‘keepers ahead of the former Crystal Palace reserve.
The 31-year-old won the last of his eight caps in 2019, despite his outstanding work dealing with pass-backs against Dundee and Ross County he won’t be adding to that tally any time soon.
This summer Butland can look forward to a long holiday while Jordan Pickford (Everton) , Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal second choice) and Sam Johnstone (Crystal Palace) represent the three lions at the European Championships in Germany.
BREAKING! Jack Butland SNUBBED by England as Rangers star left out by Gareth Southgate for friendly double header https://t.co/JUnFtZk2Ua pic.twitter.com/uG7C4luM0L
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) March 14, 2024
? BREAKING! Jack Butland England blow as Rangers hero misses ??? in Gareth Southgate’s squad ?
? https://t.co/QuCGCd5d85 pic.twitter.com/Hm0wkvABup
— Football Scotland ????????? (@Football_Scot) March 14, 2024
BREAKING: Rangers star Jack Butland SNUBBED by Gareth Southgate for England recall ahead of Euro 2024https://t.co/UkNljlvzwj pic.twitter.com/UxAWPH4EGV
— Scottish Sun Sport (@scotsunsport) March 14, 2024
Back in 2012 Fraser Forster earned his first England cap as a Celtic player, in 2014 he was included in the squad for the World Cup Finals in Brazil.
Playing in the Europa League is unlikely to get Southgate excited, in three meaningful domestic matches Butland has lost out twice to long range efforts from Kyogo Furuhashi with only an honest mistake from Don Robertson sparing him from a red card in the final of the League Cup.
The England ‘snub’ wasn’t the only disappointment for Butland today with Benfica ending his dream of reaching the Europa League Final with the Portuguese winning 1-0 at Ibrox.
Congratulations to The Rangers on the Jack Butland Might Be Called Up Trophy… ???? pic.twitter.com/mVU1jQ9k1E
— French CSC (@FrenchCSC) March 14, 2024
Is it aye ??? pic.twitter.com/nCGzjEm8nQ
— OverandOver… (@keeptryinglads) March 14, 2024
Fuck Gareth Southgate.
SUPER JACK BUTLAND IN GOAL ? https://t.co/bwrArxlfP9
— The Rangers Journal (@RangersJournal) March 14, 2024
Honest Ref’s, means no Honest mistakes.
Where’s John Cheaton and his mates when you need them.
All the Jack Butland England call up stories these last few weeks
Just shows the utter sh*te and lies these hun media monkeys are churning out
the magic hat will pick him along with tav when he gets the job.
Bisgrove and Bennett must be fizzing?!
IF Butland had got a call up,
then they would have immediately upped Butland’s
‘selling price’ to £25M / £35M / £??M,
but with no takers.
…unless Lille or an unnamed Chinese club ‘eyes him up’ ? 🙂
Butland no more,,,,, Dublin no more,,,, they proclaim a lot the lackeys,,,, bunch o fkn twats,
If they go to Dublin – They WONT Follow on !
Do not care about the coefficient if it needs sevco.
My home is 7 hours ahead of the UK so waited and prayed….
My prayers were answered, God is a catholic with his sense of humour.
I’m beginning to wonder if all this media hysteria is an attempt to deflect from the world’s best goalkeeper’s kryptonite…..
Dealing with crosses and pass backs…
HH