QPR goalkeeper Robert Green hopes Everton can protect Ross Barkley from ever increasing expectations.

The England goalkeeper knows all about the pressures of international football with the spotlight on full beam.

And the Rangers stopper believes Roberto Martinez should look at how Sir Alex Ferguson nurtured Ryan Giggs at Manchester United as an example of how to handle his young star.

He said: "What we don't want is leave him exposed to the elements, as it were. You want to try to keep him under wraps a bit.

"You look at what Sir Alex Ferguson did with Ryan Giggs. He worked very hard to protect him..

"And then, all of a sudden, he is a super-special talent but unfortunately not English.

"I don't know Ross Barkley personally but sometimes people just need protecting."