Source: Daily_Mail
Crocked Portsmouth keeper James will make the World Cup, claims boss Hart
David James is set to be sidelined for three weeks after picking up a calf injury in the warm-up before Portsmouth's defeat at Stoke City yesterday. [LNB]But Portsmouth manager Paul Hart believes James will be fit for the World Cup next summer. [LNB]It means Jamie Ashdown is likely to be in goal Saturday's visit of Manchester United, the Carling Cup quarter-final against Aston Villa and plus Barclays Premier League matches against Burnley and Sunderland. [LNB] Anxious wait: David James is desperate to prove his fitness to England boss Fabio Capello[LNB]England manager Fabio Capello has voiced his concern about James' ongoing injury problems but Hart is confident the latest setback is not linked to the goalkeeper's troublesome knee. [LNB]Hart said: 'David pulled his calf, it may be compensatory but we are not sure yet. [LNB]'A calf muscle is probably about three weeks out. I think he will be fit for the World Cup. [LNB]'We are managing the knee situation at the moment and, up until now, he's been out on the pitch. [LNB] Pain: James was forced to sit out the clash at Stoke after picking up a calf injury in the warm-up[LNB]'He has to do some gym work to help him through it but he's been out there playing still. [LNB]'He had an operation on it in the summer but he doesn't have a knee injury.' [LNB] Zaki cites Israeli and Algerian presence at Portsmouth as reason for shun As Jermain Defoe breaks the dreadlock in stunning fashion, Sportsmail lists football's most bizarre haircuts in honour of Wigan's Paul Scharner Stoke 1 Portsmouth 0: Ricardo Fuller compounds Pompey's misery PORTSMOUTH FC
