Fighting talk from Spain keeper Iker Casillas this weekend. He believes England's keepers will be their weakness at the World Cup this summer because they don't have European experience.

The Real Madrid keeper has questioned the temperament of Robert Green, David James and Joe Hart ahead of the tournament and called in to question their ability to handle big-match environments.

"I can see why both Lionel Messi and Xavi have talked up England's chances at the World Cup because their class is undisputed," said Casillas.

"But their goalkeeping situation is a real problem: none of the keepers have played even European Cup level, that's the highest level you can play at club level.

"And if you have never played in the top club competition in the world, you are going to find it hard to perform at the top international level in the world when even more eyes are on you.

"If you look at myself, Gigi Buffon of Italy and Julio Cesar of Brazil, we are keepers who've all won European Championships, World Cups and European Cups."

Casillas is a great keeper and great players get asked questions and those questions can lead to statements like this. I'm sure he didn't mean to belittle the achievements of David James, Joe Hart and Robert Green and I'm sure he didn't want to try and get into their heads that maybe they are not ready.