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Players/Officials: Danny Cipriani | Lawrence Dallaglio

Tournaments/Tours: Guinness Premiership

Teams: England | Wasps

Lawrence Dallaglio believes Danny Cipriani must commit his future to London Wasps in order to boost his flagging international career.

The 22-year-old fly-half is currently on a one-year deal with the Premiership giants but is free to talk to other clubs in January. England legend Dallaglio, whose role on the Wasps board includes player recruitment and retention, has revealed that new contract negotiations have begun with the player and has urged him to put pen to paper for the benefit of his England career.

"Every player is entitled to look elsewhere but one has to remember where your bread is buttered and what the best chance of getting international rugby is," said Dallaglio. "Danny Cipriani was born to play for Wasps and I am pretty confident he will be a Wasps player next year. Negotiations are under way.

"He is happy where he is - I am sure if he wasn't he would tell us - and he has got a half-back in Joe Simpson who is one of the bright young stars of English rugby and someone [England manager] Martin Johnson will have to look at for the Six Nations."

Cipriani only agreed a 12-month contract in March because he wanted proof new owner Steve Hayes would take the club forward following the departures of key internationals James Haskell, Riki Flutey and Tom Palmer to France. At the time, Cipriani said, "I'll know in a year if they are going to develop this club. I'm Wasps through and through and by the end of this year I could have signed another three years on top of it."

Dallaglio, who spent the weekend with Hayes at the Dubai Sevens, pointed out the strides taken since Wasps missed out on Heineken Cup qualification in last season's disappointing campaign. Tony Hanks has taken over as director of rugby, the likes of Tom Varndell, David Lemi and Dan Ward-Smith have been recruited and Wasps have plans to move into a new 20,000-seat stadium in the Wycombe area by 2014.

"Steve is very ambitious for the club," added Dallaglio. "He has been there a year and we are turning things around. We are fourth in the league, unbeaten in Europe and unbeaten in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Things are looking a lot healthier than 12 months ago."

Cipriani returned to the Wasps squad today for the first time since suffering a hairline leg fracture two months ago. Dallaglio believes Cipriani would have been the ideal answer to England's fullback problem and their depressing lack of creativity during the autumn internationals had he not been sidelined.

Cipriani's international career hit the buffers last season following a drop in form and an apparent personality clash with the England management. He ended the season as back-up fly-half for the Saxons. But Dallaglio has urged Johnson to put any differences to one side and bring Cipriani back into the England set-up for the Six Nations.

"You get guys from Leicester and guys from London and they are going to think differently. Me and Martin had a difference of opinion for the first three years," he said. "Danny is certainly getting back to his best. The plate is now out of his ankle and he is regaining his confidence, his fitness and his form.

"Danny has been playing really well this season. He is a player who can add a new dimension to England. He gets the ball and you expect things to happen around him. He was playing fullback for Wasps when he got injured and he could have offered England an option in that position in November. He was playing really well at the start of the season when Wasps were flying at the top of the table. You cannot ignore him."