Stoke keeper Jack Butland needs to move if he wants to become first choice for England, says the Potters' former keeper Steve Simonsen, reports BBC Sport.

The 26 year old has continued to be included in the national squad despite a season playing in a struggling Championship team.

"It'll be excruciatingly hard to walk away. The issue for him is he's looking to progress his career," said Simonsen.

"If he wants to become England's number one then I think at this moment in time he is going to have to move away from Stoke City."

"It's not beyond the realms of possibility that a club could could offer that for Jack," Simonsen, who made 187 appearances for Stoke between 2004 and 2010, told BBC Radio Stoke.

"If that sort of money was offered to Stoke I think they would find it very, very difficult to turn down.

"For Jack, it's a very difficult decision but it's one he's obviously got to make at some point."