Parkes reckons Hart has it all to prove

Phil Parkes makes no bones about having been a strong critic of Joe Hart in the past and insists the West Ham loan signing has ” a lot to prove during the next year.”

But he admits to the world at large the England keeper’s signing makes a statement in Irons terms along with the imminent arrival of Javier Hernandez and the newly arrived record signing Marko Arnautovic.

But speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh, Parkesy declared: “Joe arrives with a lot to prove although he remains a top name.

He made mistakes at Torino and there were a few boo boos at the Euros and he will now be fighting for his place against the likes of Jack Butland and Jordan Pickford.

When he’s at his best he is a superb keeper and probably the No 1 in the country so maybe now has competition for the England spot it could well sharpen his game .

He has had plenty of critics recently and now has the chance to put them in their place. We want to see the real Joe Hart this season but I can’t believe Adrian will be happy but we’ll have to wait and see what happens.”