James urges Hart against City return

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart should stay put in Serie A according to former England stopper David James rather than returning to the Premier League.

Hart is currently on-loan at Torino after he was deemed surplus to requirements by Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium.

Hart is with the England squad this week with David Seaman having urged him to return to England at the end of the season.

But James believes he would be better off heading to cross-city rivals Juventus and becoming the long-term successor to Gianluigi Buffon, rather than returning to the Premier League.

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“If I was Joe Hart, I’d be looking at Juventus,” said James, who spent two seasons at Manchester City.

“The difficulty for putting him back in England is where would he go? At the moment there are some very good goalkeepers around in the Premier League.

“If you look at the England squad, he is the only player who is playing abroad and he is doing well.

“Torino is a tough gig for anybody and he is doing well there. Therefore he is showing that he has the qualities and capabilities to play abroad. Why not go and do that for one of the top teams?”