Coyle backs Cahill's England claims

olton boss Owen Coyle feels Gary Cahill is as good as any of England's central defenders that went to the World Cup. Despite showing impressive form for Wanderers towards the end of the 2009-10 season after recovering from a blood clot in his arm, Cahill was not included in Fabio Capello's provisional 30-man squad for South Africa.Following England's poor showing at the tournament, there is now likely to be a shake-up of playing personnel and Coyle believes Cahill will be amongst those staking a claim."My disappointment was that when the provisional squad was named, he wasn't in that 30, because I believe if he was, Mr Capello and his assistants would have seen him training and realised that this boy can play," Coyle said."He has got pace, he has got a goal-threat - he has got everything, but obviously he never got that opportunity."I rang him straight away to make sure he was alright and he was disappointed, but he said 'well, I just have to make sure that next year I go and push myself to get into the squad'. I thought that was a terrific answer."Mentally he is there, as well as physically and ability-wise. There is no doubt for me that he will really push himself into that England squad."Tottenham centre-backs Ledley King and Michael Dawson - as a replacement for the injured Rio Ferdinand - were picked for the World Cup, but Coyle feels Cahill is a match for any of his rivals in that position."It's difficult to say how much of a difference he would have made," Coyle said."What I would say though - and you have to remember that as his manager, I'm biased - is that England have terrific players, but I feel Gary Cahill is as good a centre-half as we have in this country."I'm not being smart after the event - I said this before the World Cup and I have been consistent with it since day one."For me, Gary Cahill is the complete package. I accept that he had a terrible injury and was coming back from that, and I think he was watched at one of our games when we played Portsmouth."He made a slight mistake in that game and I don't know if that went against him, but what I do know is that within that period, we went to Chelsea and he stood toe-to-toe with Didier Drogba and was outstanding."We went to White Hart Lane and he was outstanding again. Michael Dawson and Ledley King played in the game and they are very good players - I'm not suggesting anybody else is inferior, but Gary Cahill is absolutely top-bracket."Cahill and his team-mates took part in their first pre-season training session yesterday, along with new Bolton recruits Martin Petrov and Robbie Blake, who have both arrived on a free transfer.Coyle would also like to bring Arsenal youngster Jack Wilshere - another England hopeful - back to the Reebok Stadium on loan again as he looks to strengthen the Wanderers squad further."We have a couple of offers here and there for different players and we await word on those," Coyle said."I've said all along, and I hope I am proved right - Jack will have a fantastic career and will be an England international."We'd love to have him on loan again, but ultimately that will be Arsenal's decision."So what we have to do now is see if the right type of players are out there, and it might mean investing some money."Coyle has already spoken to Ivan Klasnic's representatives after his successful loan spell with Bolton last season, but the Croatian striker's wages may prove a stumbling block.Bolivian forward Gilbert Alvarez is set to join up with Wanderers for a trial when the squad tours North America later this month, but Coyle has dismissed reports he is interested in making a move for former West Ham frontman Ilan or Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme.

Source: Team_Talk