Transfer EXCLUSIVE: Jack Butland says he ‘needs to be in the Premier League’ and will ‘seriously consider’ Stoke City exit

Transfer EXCLUSIVE: Jack Butland says he ‘needs to be in the Premier League’ and will ‘seriously consider’ Stoke City exit
Jack Butland has put clubs on alert by telling talkSPORT he wants to return to the Premier League and will seriously consider any offers to leave Stoke City this summer.The 26-year-old, who is reportedly wanted by Bournemouth, has just finished his first season back in the Championship following the Potters relegation last season.getty2

Jack Butland has told talkSPORT he ‘needs’ to play Premier League football

He played 45 league games, just missing one match due to the birth of his son, and kept 18 clean sheets the third best in the league behind Sheffield Uniteds Dean Henderson (21) and Middlesbroughs Darren Randolph (19).Butland was recently named in Englands 23-man squad for next months UEFA Nations League finals one of only two players who do not currently play in Englands top flight (the other being Borussia Dortmunds Jadon Sancho). And the young goalkeeper has told talkSPORT he needs to move back to the Premier League to ensure his long-term future in the Three Lions team.Speaking to Drivetime from St Georges Park on Tuesday, Butland said: I always have and I always will give everything for Stoke City, but I need to be in the Premier League.Ive tried to help the club back there but I know where I need to be to be in this [England] squad.getty2

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If something arises that is the right thing for me I have to seriously consider it.Its a short career and I can quickly find myself out of this squad Im not careful.So thats really my mindset, that I need to be in the Premier League.

"I need to be in the Premier League.""If something arises that is the right thing for me, I'll have to seriously consider it."Jack Butland to @talkSPORTDrive on a possible move away from Stoke City. pic.twitter.com/x6QOpLHONp— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) May 28, 2019

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