Source: PA
Grant shows confidence in Green
New West Ham manager Avram Grant is confident Robert Green will be able to bounce back from the howler which cost him his place in the England team.
Green looked set to be Fabio Capello's first choice for England's World Cup campaign but he lost his place between the posts after costing the team an opening win against the United States by failing to stop Clint Dempsey's tame effort in Rustenburg.
It was an uncharacteristic error for the 30-year-old, who had kept goal well throughout West Ham's troubled Barclays Premier League campaign last season which ended with the Londoners only narrowly avoiding relegation.
But Grant said: "I spoke with Robert Green on the phone and I was very happy with what I heard. I spoke only about the future and what will happen. He looks very strong and very intelligent. I don't think it will have an effect on him.
"For me Robert Green is a great goalkeeper. I watched him in the last year and I'm looking forward to seeing him in the first training."
