Manuel Almunia's solid displays in the red and white colours of
North London prompted Emirates fans to chant his name for an
England shirt, last season.
With England lacking a pool of top class glovesmen for Capello to
choose from, the Italian technician may be keen to test out the
Spaniard in between the sticks for the Three Lions.
Almunia is yet to recieve a call-up to his home nation, and seeing
as Casillas and Valdes would be ahead of him in the pecking order,
he may be waiting a long time.
The 31-year stopper receives a British passport on the 29th of
December 2008, just in time to play a key part in England's World
Cup qualifying campaing, should Capello grow tiresome of David
James.
Earlier in the year, Almunia is even quoted by The Mirror
as saying: "If Capello is interested in me for the national team,
I'm ready to immediately apply for English citizenship."
Should he not get the call-up to England, Almunia would still be
legible to play for Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, due to
the nature of the British passport.
good news for arsenal, bad news for england