Peter Shilton has told Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster he must move to England if he is serious about breaking into Roy Hodgson's starting XI.
Forster broke a 92-year-old Celtic record two weeks ago when he kept his 11th clean sheet in a row.
The 25-year-old has enjoyed stellar performances in the Champions League recently, most notably against Barcelona, but he is still considered an outsider when it comes to international selection.
Forster has been in the match day squad on 11 occasions, but so far he has only earned one cap - in last November's 2-0 friendly defeat to Chile.
Shilton, England's record cap holder, thinks Forster's chances of representing his country will improve if he moves back to the country of his birth.
"I don't want to knock Scottish football, but at the same time, there is no doubt that if Fraser Forster was playing for a Premier League club week in week out and getting tested he would be in a better position than just standing between the sticks for Celtic and having very little to do every week.
"As a goalkeeper, you always need to be tested and he isn't being tested at Celtic now that they are out of the Champions League."
Celtic are unbeaten at the top of the Scottish Premiership, but with Rangers having been effectively demoted from the top flight, the strength of the league is far from what it once was.
Shilton was impressed with the way Forster coped against Chile last year even though the former Newcastle stopper was beaten twice by Alexis Sanchez in the defeat.
Shilton, an ambassador for the Budweiser Open Trials campaign, which will provide amateur footballers with the opportunity to play at Wembley in front of professional scouts, said: "He didn't look out of place during that game.
"He is a big lad and I like his attitude. He went down a bit early for the second goal.
"You could see he was really disappointed and I like that sort of attitude."
With Joe Hart back in form and Ben Foster having recovered from a foot injury, Forster and Ruddy are fighting for the one remaining goalkeeper position in Hodgson's World Cup squad.
Shilton hopes Forster will get a chance to impress in the four friendlies that remain before the World Cup.
"I think Forster may get another half in the next couple of games as Roy will probably experiment," Shilton said.
"The goalkeeper position is vital because anything could happen at a World Cup and your number three could get a chance.
"It doesn't have to be an injury, it could be illness."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article