Pope to fight for England place in World Cup

has claimed that his aim is to perform better at club level in order to be in

's World Cup squad.

With the addition of Aaron Ramsdale, Jordan Pickford and Dean Henderson, the competition for England's number 1 has become very tough. With his very good performance in recent seasons, Pope has been able to attract a lot of attention and recently joined

. During this time, he was able to introduce himself as the best summer purchase of the club, and Pep Guardiola also supported his presence in the England team in the World Cup. Now Pope has claimed that he is trying to prove himself to Gareth Southgate by performing well at Newcastle.

In an exclusive interview with

, Pope said: 

"Aaron Ramsdale has done very well at Arsenal, Sam Johnstone is back in the Premier League, Dean Henderson is playing at [Nottingham] Forest now so there is real competition for the three spots.

"It is still early in the season and obviously Jordan has been No 1 ever since I have been in the squad and has performed tremendously well for England. Club form is the one that will take you to a World Cup which is all my aims and ambitions."

When asked about the Newcastle transfer, Pope said:

"It's never an easy thing to go through especially in the manner we did at Burnley - it went to the last day and not being in it but then being put back in," he says. "It was difficult and it was the end of my time there and I didn't really get to see the boys - we were part of a team that has been together a long time and it's now all broken up, the end of an era.

"When I heard about the interest here I was over the moon, I was massively excited and it is sort of a reset you have to prove yourself again. I want to do that and take myself to the next level."

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