Noble feels he's good enough to be in England squad

West Ham United’s Mark Noble believes he has a chance of making it into Roy Hodgson’s England squad travelling to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil next summer.

The Hammers midfielder has been in fine form this season and with Brazil 2014 drawing ever closer, Noble says he is good enough to get on the plane as part of the 23-man party.

“I believe I am good enough,” Noble told reporters. “I have seen the players we have had here who have been in the England set-up and I believe that if I made that step up, I would be able to mentally and physically cope with it.

“I’m not going around shouting that I should be in the squad and all that because I am not that sort of person. I have obviously played in the Premier League week-in, week-out, since I was about 19 and played at a good level.

“If it happens, it happens, but I am just going to keep on enjoying my football, getting on the ball, enjoying passing and creating stuff and if it happens, it happens.”

The London-born midfielder has been in a combative mood this season, winning 71 per cent of his tackles and successfully taking on his man 75 per cent of the time.