Hart unsure of first-team chances

Hart kept 12 clean sheets in 41 games for Birmingham last season

England goalkeeper Joe Hart says he would consider going back out on loan to help his international career if he is not Manchester City's number one.

City boss Roberto Mancini says he is yet to decide whether Hart or Shay Given will be his first-choice keeper.

Hart, 23, was loaned to Birmingham last season and impressed enough to earn a place in England's World Cup squad.

"All I want is to play in the Man City first team - but if I wasn't I'd have to reconsider," he told BBC Sport.

Hart, who has three caps, was the only one of England's three goalkeepers in South Africa not to play.

But with 40-year-old David James dropping down to the Championship after joining Bristol City, Hart looks to be a strong favourite to start England's first post-World Cup friendly against Hungary on 11 August.

And in order to cement his place as England coach Fabio Capello's number one for the forthcoming 2012 European Championship qualifying campaign he knows he needs to be playing in the Premier League on a regular basis.

We are both fit and raring to go and we both want that place Joe Hart on his rivalry with Shay Given

But Given, 34, represents a major obstacle to Hart's ambitions, with the vastly experienced Republic of Ireland international widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the league.

"(Sitting on the bench) doesn't interest me. All I want to do is play in the first team," added Hart, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek.

"I've based my summer around getting in the first team.

"Shay has recovered from his shoulder injury and we are both fit and raring to go and we both want that place.

"Whether I am involved with England or not, all I want to do is play.

"It is so different playing for the reserves. I want to be in the limelight, playing for the first team and at the moment I am working hard to get into Manchester City's first team."

Hart will be anxious to avoid the fate suffered by Ben Foster, who found his hopes of travelling to South Africa with England scuppered by his lack of first-team opportunities at Manchester United.

Mancini, who is currently in Italy to visit his ill father, has been impressed enough to state that he believes Hart can be England's number one for a decade.

The Italian said: "Joe will be first-choice goalkeeper for the next 10 years for England."

However, he added: "I don't know if he will be my first-choice, it depends. I will pick the players who deserve to play."

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