English players Dual Nationality thread

If your son is half Irish or Welsh keep it quiet or he might get called up before his 15th birthday!

 

Fortunately not, he’s half English, half Swedish from his mothers side.

 

Isn’t Sweden near Ireland though? Has he ever drunk a pint of Guinness or listened to Westlife? Martin O’Neill is asking for a friend...

 

I don't think Rice is better than Dier based on what I've seen.

 

That's exactly the issue I have, based on what I've seen. His strengths and weaknesses seem quite similar to Dier's - he's intelligent at sniffing out danger and effectively being a defender in midfield, and he's quite a powerful physical player, but he's nothing special on the ball. If anything, I think Dier is the better passer. Maybe age is a factor but is that really the kind of thing that he's going to improve on dramatically at this point? If not, what is there to get excited about?

 

That's not really the best thing for players, though, who one could contend are better off having the chance of getting international exposure somewhere else if their career with their U-21 nation doesn't pan out and they are still actually good enough to help a different national side.

You could also argue that the game benefits from this as well, since it allows for a spread of talent that improves nations who otherwise wouldn't have access to it. That raises the level of talent available to nations as a whole and arguably creates a more even game with better competition globally.

Take a guy like Justin Hoyte, for example: a regular England youth international in his day and a good one at that. He was never going to play for England seniors. Rather than not contribute at the international level at all, he goes to represent his ancestral Trinidad. He gets a couple dozen games to be a senior international, Trinidad gets a quality player they otherwise wouldn't have access to, and England could care less. Everyone wins.

I get that there are more controversial cases than that, but I'd argue that most dual-national situations are closer to Hoyte than they are to the Rice situation. As a whole, the relaxed eligibility rules are a net positive for the game.

 

News just in . Declan Rice has decided to play for Ireland.

https://tinyurl.com/y8t5pyda

 

8 month old article...which of course you knew.

You should be walking a thin line, seeing as almost everything you post is trolling. I sincerely hope the 81 doesn't refer to your birth year as the thought of a 37 year old man doing this is embarrassing.

 

I don't know what's worse. Greengrass deliberately posting that to troll or him being dopey enough not to realise its 8 months old.

 

https://www.balls.ie/football/ryan-johansson-uncertain-long-term-commitment-ireland-397967 Hey green grass what’s the crack with this

 

Luxembourg jeez

 

So Nmecha was selected for both squads. Last time that happened he chose Germany didn't he ?

I see Jamaal Musiala wore the #10 for Germany u16 yesterday.

 

Nmecha is in Portugal with England.

 

“I’ve settled in well and I’m enjoying it. My dad is German too, from near Munich, so I knew what to expect and I’m learning the language with an app called Babbel and it’s going well.”

Nelson's dad is German?

 

Was previously reported his dad was Zimbabwean, so...weird.

 

he could be both.

there are plenty of African refugees or immigrants in Germany. Whether it's the parents (kids born in Germany) or the whole family came from Africa.

 

A bit weird for him to have gotten to this stage without it ever coming up before though. Unless he's just misquoted and he said that his dad also lives in Germany.

I did always think that him and Sancho look more German than English.

 

No its my age.

 

How can they look more German? Do they have a little tash?

 

Sancho is now tied to England so no chance of any of these African nations getting their hands on him

 

I believe the only other country he was eligible for was Trinidad and Tobago.

 

I thought he has Jamaican heritage.

 

He plays for Stoke fwiw.

 

That's right, Sancho is Jamaican, not T&T