Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp would rather see England LOSE THE WORLD CUP than Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia playing for the Three Lions.

In his column for The Sun, Redknapp wrote: "An exclusion zone needs to be enforced around Wembley.

"I am referring to the repeated calls for Arsenal's Spanish keeper Manuel Almunia to be called up for England - simply because he has lived here for five years.

"I don't care. I could not disagree more. He is not English.

"If it came to a choice between England winning the World Cup with a Spanish keeper or not winning it, I'd rather not win.

"For a start, if we cannot produce our own footballers, our own generation of keepers to play for England, then we don't deserve to win anything in the first place.

"And secondly, I would not be interested in an England team that was full of non-English players."

Of course, Harry forgot to mention Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born, but now a major England star.