Burnley manager Sean Dyche is shocked at centre-back James Tarkowski being overlooked by England.

The defender is seen as one of the classiest and most reliable performers in his position in the Premier League.

However, he has found it difficult to get into manager Gareth Southgate's plans with the Three Lions.

While Dyche is pleased his keeper Nick Pope is playing for England, he hopes Tarkowski will see more involvement in the future.

Dyche said of Pope to reporters: "I think the thing about a goalkeeper is you need to be resilient mentally, your focus needs to be on your belief in what you do, and I think he has certainly got both.

"I think he is focused, I think he has got definite belief in what he does, and rightly so. I think he's a top 'keeper.

"It's rare that top 'keepers don't have a moment, and Popey had one at Newcastle. He hasn't had many by the way, and he's had lots of big moments for us. So I'm certainly not going to question that, and I was delighted to see him play for England."

Dyche added on Tarkowski: "I think it's up to Gareth.

"I think there's a lot of noise out there outside of Gareth and myself, from various people in football talking about it. I'm certainly not going to put words in Gareth's mouth.

"Now and again I give an opinion through the media - I'm still amazed James Tarkowski is not involved. That's a big surprise to me, but that's another decision.

"Dwight (McNeil) was back involved for this one (with England Under-21s). That's another big one for me.

"But I make it clear - I respect those lads. I know Aidy (Boothroyd, the England Under-21s boss) well personally, I know Gareth somewhat now, and I totally respect them.

"It's not easy. You have all these names being put around, you have to look at form, at how you want the team to play.

"But there's just a few names I have mentioned openly that I think are certainly pushing in my opinion to be in the squad - and if you're in the squad you've got to be considered a player who can play."