Clyneing for a cap

Nathaniel Clyne believes he is good enough to feature in the England side for the future European qualifier against Slovenia and the friendly tie with Scotland. Ever- present in Ronald Koeman;s impressive Southampton side, Clyne well and truly deserves his place in the national set-up. England's right back position is a place of uncertainty, lacking a player to lay claim to the spot.

Clyne said in a recent interview: "It's always good to play for your country, if you play well then you get picked up. I think I've got the ability to play for my country, definitely. I'm playing with lots of confidence."

England manager Roy Hodgson has experimented with a number of right backs including Glen Johnson, Calum Chambers, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones and John Stones during his reign. Clyne's form in domestic games has been one of steady rise following his move to St Mary's from Crystal Palace. Yet another player from Southampton looks set to get capped for England following the additions of Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Jay Rodriguez last year and recently Arsenal's Chambers, a Southampton youth product.

Clyne, like Southampton, has been in great form

With more squad players joining the England national side, it speaks volumes for Southampton. A club that has gone strength to strength since arriving in the league, Southampton could well challenge for a place in Europe if early season form is to believed. Clyne won't be the last player to get called up either, as Jay Ward-Prowse has been ear marked as a future England star amongst the other talents in their notorious youth system.

Koeman's blistering start to the Premier League has proved many sceptics wrong after the fire sale of stars such as Dejan Lovren, Lallana and Lambert leaving for Liverpool, Chambers & Luke Shaw to Arsenal and Manchester United respectively and even saw stars like Morgan Schnerdlein try to jump ship. However, Southampton spent the money raised in a savvy business fashion, using Koeman's expansive knowledge of the Dutch Eredivisie to import top talent while maintaining the home grown philosophy and dipping into the talent pool of the youth system.

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Graziano Pelle, a player Koeman previously worked with at Feyenoord, has been a real hit and even earned him a call up to the Italian national side. Dusan Tadic and Sadio Mane have also settled right into the south coast's side and look like two class captures.

Nathaniel Clyne could well nail a regular spot in the England side by replicating the solid performances he has produced for Southampton. The national side need to start finding first choice players in positions during this time of transition after the expected retirements of players post- world cup. Clyne is a player who could feature for years to come and has the talent to be a threat going forward but also defensively sound. Can Clyne claim a spot?