Sportsmail columnist Chris Sutton thinks Joe Hart's chances of making England's World Cup squad suffered a significant blow after David Moyes left him out of the West Ham team to play Chelsea on Saturday.

Hammers manager Moyes opted to continue with Spanish stopper Adrian, who impressed when Hart was ineligible to face his parent club Manchester City last week.

Sutton thinks that his omission shows a lot about Moyes' thoughts on Hart before insisting he must play regularly if he is to make the plane to Russia.

Joe Hart was dropped by David Moyes for West Ham's 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday

Adrian was preferred to Hart and he kept a clean sheet against the Premier League champions

'That leaves him struggling for England's World Cup squad, for me,' said Sutton as pundit on BT Sport.

'He has to play games. How can Gareth Southgate take him to the World Cup if he doesn't play games?

'David Moyes has stumbled across it because of what happened at Manchester City but there's not going to be a way back.

'If David Moyes thought so much of Joe Hart he would have played.'

Chris Sutton thinks the snub could cost Hart his place at next summer's World Cup

The 30-year-old has conceded 30 goals in 14 Premier League matches at West Ham, with his last appearance coming in the 4-0 defeat at Everton during which Wayne Rooney beat him with a shot from inside his own half.

Hart has been England's long-term number one goalkeeper for a number of years but now faces increasing danger from rivals for the jersey.

Jack Butland and Jordan Pickford are vying with Hart for the No 1 spot, with the latter having shone in England's goalless draw with Germany in last month's friendly at Wembley.