The paucity of English opportunity thread

I guess it would have to be British as don’t think we could legally just lobby for English citizen’s even though our National side doesn’t benefit from having say 6 Welsh/6 Scottish in a team’s quota for example ( yes I know it’s unlikely but just could happen in an extreme circumstances ). You can cancel the Irish citizenship though as we don’t have to include a foreign country.

 

We do. Because of the terms of the Common Travel Area Irish Citizens are legally exempt from any employment restrictions. So a law discriminating Irish citizens from employment would be unlawful. It’s unlikely the Government would approve of the FA upsetting sensitive Irish issue over doornall quotas.

 

Do people here think the new very long contracts some players are getting is good for their development or not. Chelsea for example are now giving all young players six year contracts and I imagine the other big clubs will adopt that policy in time. Because their wages are not as high (The contracts are quite bonus related) getting rid of them might be cheaper than before through.

Equally it could trap talented English players at non CL clubs (Going by Chelsea’s current position in the table for example.) where for experience the more CL players in England squads the better.

 

Looks like Chelsea’s 2030 vision is buying lots of 18 year old’s as an attempt boost their level of homegrown players. I suspect other big clubs will also be buying lots of 18 year olds as well and putting them in the youth teams. Particularly South America where the visas’s are quite easy to get

 

Nottingham Forest have reached an agreement to sign Gustavo Scarpa from Palmeiras, deal completed — here we go. 🚨🇧🇷 #transfers #NFFC

Brazilian attacking midfielder will sign until June 2026 as free agent, medical tests will take place in the next days. pic.twitter.com/JBxkYBX2cF

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 1, 2022

Will this affect the minutes of any if their England Eligable players.

 

I have a bad feeling the new owners of Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United will all be the type to talk about increasing English players but in the end push to relax the homegrown quotas.

 

https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/footbal...beat-rotherham-united-in-fa-youth-cup-3948927

Anyone know much about this 16 year old Brazilian kid that scored 5 goals for PNE under 18’s? I know it says he’s Brazilian but with his age, I wonder if he’s a dual who could be worth keeping an eye on?

 

I imagine even if he is eligible under schooling he probably doesn’t have a British passport and wouldn’t be that likely to get one.

 

He's eligible for Brazil, Argentina & Spain but not England it would appear. He only moved here in 2019.

 

Depending on when he arrived and his birthday might just become eligible for 5 years of schooling before 18.

 

DOB is 04/10/2006 & he moved here in around December 2019, going off an Instagram post of him saying goodbye to Brazil.

So he would've already been past 13 when he came to England.

 

Cheers guys, so that’s a no go then. Thanks for the clarification, wasn’t sure if his status due to him being only 16.

 

So not going to eligible under the Home Nations agreement. Through for FIFA he would be possibly.

 

The League Cup games this week could open some options for some young England players. City are playing Liverpool on Thursday. City in particular had a lot of players involved in the latter stages of the World Cup. Perhaps even the PL games on the 26th could see some opportunities.

 

Just saw a few videos of Kobbie Mainoo and was very impressed. Ghana is lurking, has he played for England yet ? The type of deep midfielder we need at senior level

 

He’s a regular in his age group for England. As a group they’ve been disappointing compared to recent groups.

 

Keep an eye on Dan Gore at United and Sammy Braybrooke at Leicester as well.

Dan Gore vs Wolves U18s (FA Youth Cup)

In back to back FA Youth Cup games, Dan Gore has performed at a high standard.

Intelligent passing, controlling play, tough tackling…all over the pitch. pic.twitter.com/uJ51eX6Wdi

— academyarena Utd (@academyarenaUTD) March 10, 2022

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Gore is a regular with England and Braybrooke captain of the u19s.

 

I think Edozie has shown enough in his last two games for Southampton to get a lot more minutes this season.

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Won the penalty yesterday with a great run



Wonder if Solly March can get himself in the conversation for a call up.

 

It looks like Rico Lewis will be the English breakout star this season. Another good performance from him last night against a very hard pressing Leeds team. Guardiola has praised his tactical intelligence and I noticed last night KDB encouraging him to move forward with the ball through midfield. He did that and created a really good chance for Grealish. It appears that he's a fast learner. It's a shame that it's another right back! I think I've seen him play in midfield for England and I think that Guardiola used Kimmich in the same inverted role before he became a midfielder so hopefully Lewis can follow that arc.

Rico Lewis vs Leeds (A) ✨ https://t.co/62j1veqZgQ

— RN (@rnvidss) December 29, 2022

I'm thinking he should be promoted to the u20 squad for the World Cup. He's better than the other options and will help us to dominate the ball. I'd love to see him play with Patino and Scott.

Sheffield United vs Blackpool is on TV tonight. Should be good to get a look at Patino and McAtee.

 

I was hugely impressed. His Walker like pace, his ability to receive and play forward under pressure and combine in Midfield. Phenomenal prospect

 

Just noticed that Nya Kirby who won 38 youth caps with us and the u17 World Cup has been without a club all season. Hope he can get back into the game soon.

Another decline is Isaac Buckley-Rickets who won 23 youth caps with us and the u19 Euros. He’s now playing in the 7th tier for Warrington Town.