I'm confident when it comes to fighting off the smaller nations but battling with Germany is going to be 50/50
It would be a significant loss I think, he could potentially be a world class talent. I'm not reading too much into one article just yet though. Even now half the stuff he likes on Twitter is from England players.
Obviously he’s a big talent but does he really warrant being called up into their National team right now on merit? I originally thought the same for us but it would only be to secure him as currently he doesn’t get into our senior set up, only our U21’s. Also, does that mean he’s started to transfer his registration forms? I guess so. Well, good luck to the lad if that’s what he wants to do.
Hes got a better chance of winning something with England. Sod him. We have more depth in talent than Germany anyway
When did Germany win a major tournament? 6 years ago. This era of German football is nowhere near at that level like when Spain started slowly going down hill. Anyway I only wrote it because I'm pissed off at the musiala story
Appears it's just an invite so far. If he wants to play for Germany in March he'll have to file a switch soon.
You can never write the Germans off and since you’re at a similar age to myself you know what I’m talking about. Still bags of talent in their Squad despite some poor years for them.
Im honestly not sure I would agree with Southgate just calling him up just to potentially cap tie him and competing with Low who would effectively do just the same. Doesn’t quite sit well with me when the kid is just 17 years old
Can anyone confirm this? This is quite a hit in one go! #FIFA has cleared 8 new players for @NGSuperEagles:* #AdemolaLookman #Fulham* Jordan Torunarigha Hertha BSC* Nathan Tella Southampton FC* Tosin #Adarabioyo Fulham FC* Ovie Ejaria #Reading FC* Noni Madueke #PSV* Sheyi Ojo Cardiff City* Ike Ugbo Cercle Brugge. pic.twitter.com/YaGKbhYTYD— Babatunde Koiki (@BabatundeKoiki) January 27, 2021
I wouldn't believe anything Nigerian media says until they're in a squad. Pinnick (head of the NFF) said while Abraham was at Swansea that he had committed to Nigeria... as we know that was a lie.
I'd be very surprised in Madueke, switched at this early stage. I have doubts Ejaria, Ojo and Ugbo are good enough quality for Nigeria, I wouldn't see them attaining to many caps.
Tosin is a young defender doing well at Fulham. Had a good loan spell at Blackburn. Why would he give up on England's weakest position?
What a kick in the arse that would be to lose madueke musiala and musah in the space of a couple of months. The vultures are certainly circling. Though I'm still confident on musiala and madueke
Yeah have to agree with you on Noni, I would be surprised and if we were in a normal season without a pandemic to unfortunately put up with then I doubt this would even be in a conversation as he would be heavily involved with England in competitions. I did think a while back that Countries could try and take advantage of this situation with trying to entice players to switch. I’m not sure even Musah would have played for the US if we had competitive games.
I was going to say, I haven’t seen much media coverage from the English side of things regarding the Musiala situation but just seen this from the Times. I think he’s a gonner to be honest, if Germany want to call him up to cap him then that’s their business but part of me is glad that Southgate doesn’t do the same in this situation as I don’t think it feels right. He’s still 17 years old and forcing this issue on a kid so young just doesn’t quite sit well with me. Germany hope to win their battle with England for Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala by picking him for their senior squad in March. Musiala has not made a final decision over which country to represent but is leaning towards Germany Report for @thetimes. https://t.co/UJMXy5a2hn— Dr. Constantin Eckner (@cc_eckner) January 27, 2021
Maybe, to be honest the thought did cross my mind. I’ve never seen peer pressure quite like this before publicly anyway, I mean I’m sure Mason Mount and Maddison were probably having a word with Rice and Grealish back in the day but can’t quite recall a real lobbying collective effort from players & managers to convince a player to switch allegiances. Something maybe we can learn for future reference.