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Former England<\/a> goalkeeper David James<\/a> has lambasted the quality of goalkeeper coaching in the domestic game, pointing to the rarity of seeing a home-grown keeper play for a Premier League team.<\/p>\n

There are only five clubs sporting a first-choice English goalkeeper \u2013 seven if you include Keiren Westwood, who now represents the Republic of Ireland, and David Stockdale at Sunderland and Fulham respectively.<\/p>\n

“I’m frustrated with the situation. Time and time again, I’ve looked at our keeper coaches,\u201d James told The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“If you do basic work, you get basic keepers. What they are doing is wrong. As a result, the players are not coming through.<\/p>\n

“English clubs have had goalkeeper coaches for a long time.<\/p>\n

“I had one at Watford as a schoolboy and although I signed for Liverpool in 1992, they had one in 1993-94. Down the years we’ve not had the English keepers to show for it.”<\/p>\n

James, who earned 53 caps for England, has previously indicated a desire to turn to management following his playing career and spent the past summer working on his Level B coaching badges.<\/p>\n

“Asmir Begovic at Stoke is a great lad. He is Bosnian but had a top coach at Portsmouth in David Coles,\u201d James added.<\/p>\n

“David also got me back into the Prem. Paul Barron, who was at Newcastle and Villa, was also great.<\/p>\n

“He trained Shay Given and Mark Schwarzer. Good coaches make good keepers.<\/p>\n

“Most of our English keepers in the Prem come when Championship clubs go up.<\/p>\n

“It frustrates me nothing has been done. You have to become a qualified outfield coach before being a qualified keeper coach. It doesn’t make sense.”<\/p>\n

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