Kitson tipped for England
30 Nov 2007 - 07:34:01
Reading striker Dave Kitson has been backed to challenge for an England call-up in the near future by Royals manager Steve Coppell.
The 27-year-old has struggled with several major injuries in recent times, but is now back to full fitness and proving to be a handful for top-flight defences.
Coppell said: "He has progressed thanks to the benefit of playing every week.
"He is the kind of player a lot of teams try to find. He is a target man yet he is skilful on the deck.
"In the last couple of years he has only played half-seasons, so now he has to prove to himself and everyone that he is capable of sustaining a level of form and goals over the course of a 30-odd-game season.
"If so an England cap could even follow. I would hope so, but it is competitive.
"It is a real hotbed of players, so for him to break into that set-up he has got to be scoring goals regularly and more perhaps than he would at other teams."
Kitson joined the Royals in December 2003 from Cambridge United and has gone on to score 54 goals in 124 appearances for the Berkshire club.
