Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gayle believes that Eagles defender Scott Dann has earned an England call-up after a string of impressive performances at the heart of the Palace defence this season.
Dann, 28, scored the decisive goal in his side’s excellent 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Anfield and the Englishman will hope that his recent displays will be enough to attract the interest of England boss Roy Hodgson, who may be looking to add more defensive options to his squad ahead of Euro 2016. Hodgson was in attendance on Sunday afternoon to see Dann and his team-mates see off a below-par Liverpool side, but he seemingly wasn’t impressed enough to give him a call-up.
Gayle, who is currently out of action after injuring his hamstring in the build-up to the game at Anfield, said that Dann more than deserves a call-up.
He’s a great player and it looks effortless to him. That’s a compliment to his ability. I’m not sure why he has not been called up. His ability in every aspect of the game is really good. He’s good on the ball, good defensively, reads the ball well and gives you everything you want in a defender.
The striker, who was once again linked with a move to Norwich earlier this week, says that Dann would definitely be in the squad if he was at a “bigger club”.
If he was playing at one of the bigger clubs, he would definitely be around a lot more. I’m sure people will take note when a few of them get called up and they will start looking a bit further down the league.
