Wales manager Chris Coleman has not ruled out a return to the national team for Ched Evans, but says the Chesterfield striker must first prove himself at the highest level.
Evans was recently found not guilty of rape at a retrial following a case that played out largely in the public eye and saw him serve two and a half years in prison.
"He was convicted of one thing, but he's been exonerated now," he said. "From that perspective, that's one thing.
"He's missed a lot of football and, since he's been away, a lot has happened to this team.
"I've never met the boy, but he was playing at a certain level before the situation. Now he is playing at a different level.
"There are a lot of players in front of him. But I can't be a hypocrite - when he was convicted I said we would not visit the idea, but now he has been set free.
"Whatever he was seen as, he is not seen as that now.
"The whole incident was unsavoury, of course, but he's been freed, and I must look at it from a football perspective.
"If anybody is going to come and make an impact on our team they need to be playing and doing the business at the highest level."
