Burnley's England goalkeeper Nick Pope admits he owes his career choice to older brother Josh.

If his brother Josh, who played more than 500 games for Suffolk non-league side Mildenhall, had not been a goalkeeper then his career may have taken a different path.

"My brother is a goalkeeper, he's a couple of years older than me," he told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.

"When you're a but younger and you can't play on a Saturday or a Sunday I was going to watch him and watching his games.

"When you're a younger sibling you take off the older ones sometimes, luckily enough he inspired me to be a goalkeeper.

"I still speak to him now about goalkeeping, he still plays. If we've got a weekend off I try and watch him play if I can.

"He's someone who has been a massive part of my career, at every stage he's been someone who has been on the end of the phone or at the table and I've been able to speak to him openly.

"We can give each other advice, have debates about goalkeeping and things you wouldn't necessarily get with people who weren't goalkeepers.

"He's been a big part of my journey."