Sunderland FC boss Steve Bruce reckons hat-trick hero Darren Bent can make Fabio Capello's World Cup squad this summer.
Bent grabbed a second-half hat-trick last night as the Black Cats won for the first time in 14 Premier League games with a 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers at the Stadium of Light.
Speaking about Bent’s England prospects Bruce said: "It's a magnification return and he must be knocking on the door," Bruce told Sky Sports.
"When you consider the position we are in - 18 goals in the bottom half of the table is quite magnificent.
"I'm sure there is still a lot more he can add before the end of the season and that will give him that chance of playing in the World Cup.
"A goalscorer is a goalscorer. For me, we haven't got many (English ones) in the Premier League.
"We look at (Jermaine) Defoe, who is a natural goal-scorer and of course (Wayne) Rooney. But after that you think 'who is the most natural goalscorer'.
"He's (Bent) always got goals in the Premier League and, for me, he deserves his chance."
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