We haven't done it any time recently to my knowledge......
Hargreaves is as close as we come but he had an English parent or grandparent so that doesn't really count. Portugal make the best use of it.
Why would he wait 5 years to play international football? He looks decent he would be mad to turn down Belgium with the players they are producing.
They are building a great international side.
And England?
Sterling moved here at age 5, he grew up here i dont see a problem with it.
Zaha moved here when he was 4.
its a bit different to being 16...
Tony Dorigo. Aussie legend.
Belguim are hugely overrated if you ask me, good young team yes but they aren't going to do much over the coming years it is just a spectacular team considering the size of Belguim and its recent teams.
I was going to say, I don't actually think he is eligible for playing for England unless they change the criteria. There was talk of them doing it three years ago, but I didn't think it went through.
The home countries eligibility rules are different to FIFAs, they are more stringent in that there needs to be a grand parental link to qualify.
Why would he even want to play for England? We're sh|te. We do like to give young winger, who have done absolutely nothing a few caps tho.
Zaha and The OX pop straight to mind.
comment by Mancblueloz (U6305)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why would he wait 5 years to play international football?
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Requirements for citizenships. 5 years after the age maturity.
My point was why would he wait that long when he could be playing now for Belgium.
I should have worded it better sorry.
Sterling moved here at age 5, he grew up here i dont see a problem with it.
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I really don't see there being much difference. In terms of fifa it's still born overseas so the player has to decide which country. The point being, England do use the rules when it benefits
But id have no problem saying hes english, he grew up here....
A kid who has lived here since he was 5 is practically English IMO. What effect is nationality aside from the way your parents raise you and your daily interaction with people outside your family?
A lot of his friends and people he has spent time with over the years have likely been mostly English.
But id have no problem saying hes english, he grew up here....
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That's not the issue though. It's a matter of England using the fifa rules just like anyone else
Moving to England at the age of 5 with your family to start a new life here is completely different to moving to England 2 years ago because a football club bought you.
I'm sure Sterling has a great emotional attachment to England having lived here the majority of his life and probably feels very English. Januzaj I would imagine feels very much Belgian seeing as he was born, grew up and studied there.
"That's not the issue though. It's a matter of England using the fifa rules just like anyone else"
We have always had additional criteria to FIFA though due to us being a sovereign state with four countries represented. As I said, I heard they might change it a few years ago but thought that was education related. I may have missed it though.
We have always had additional criteria to FIFA though due to us being a sovereign state with four countries represented. As I said, I heard they might change it a few years ago but thought that was education related. I may have missed it though.
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What are the differences? Outside of channel islanders rules being different are the nationality rules not the same?
If Senna can play for Spain and help kick start their dominance of football I don't see why people are so precious about Januzaj doing the same!
Senna only qualified at age 30.
A few more years required to be eligible for the national team, that's about it isn't it?
Isn't it just the same rule everywhere? 5 years residency and you can make the switch?
"What are the differences? Outside of channel islanders rules being different are the nationality rules not the same?"
Up to 2009, you had to have either a parental or grandparental link. Scotland wanted to change it so that if someone was in the education system for a set amount of time, then they could be eligible too. Not sure if that went through though.
We have always been different to FIFAs rules, we may have changed them over the last few years though and I didn't spot it.
It's the reason Giggs was never actually eligible for England, for example.
If it is 3 years from now then he'd only miss one tournament (next year) which he probably wouldn't have played in anyway.
minimum of five years education under the age of 18
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How does Rooney qualify?
FIFA World Rankings:
6 = Belgium
17 = England
45 = Albania
49 = Turkey
Born in Belgium who are a decent team currently ranked top 10 in the world. Play in the World Cup.
Not going to be a difficult choice is it?
Although couldn't give a monkeys as long as United get him to re-sign.
Melton
Don't think that's true, pretty sure Giggs' father is English. He chose Wales because he has always considered himself Welsh rather than English that's all and he played for English school boys purely because he studied at an English school.
It's pretty desperate from England, but it's a position where England have been desperate for a long time.
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posted on 6/10/13
We haven't done it any time recently to my knowledge......
Hargreaves is as close as we come but he had an English parent or grandparent so that doesn't really count. Portugal make the best use of it.
posted on 6/10/13
Why would he wait 5 years to play international football? He looks decent he would be mad to turn down Belgium with the players they are producing.
They are building a great international side.
And England?
posted on 6/10/13
Sterling moved here at age 5, he grew up here i dont see a problem with it.
Zaha moved here when he was 4.
its a bit different to being 16...
posted on 6/10/13
Tony Dorigo. Aussie legend.
posted on 6/10/13
Belguim are hugely overrated if you ask me, good young team yes but they aren't going to do much over the coming years it is just a spectacular team considering the size of Belguim and its recent teams.
posted on 6/10/13
I was going to say, I don't actually think he is eligible for playing for England unless they change the criteria. There was talk of them doing it three years ago, but I didn't think it went through.
The home countries eligibility rules are different to FIFAs, they are more stringent in that there needs to be a grand parental link to qualify.
posted on 6/10/13
Why would he even want to play for England? We're sh|te. We do like to give young winger, who have done absolutely nothing a few caps tho.
Zaha and The OX pop straight to mind.
posted on 6/10/13
comment by Mancblueloz (U6305)
posted 2 minutes ago
Why would he wait 5 years to play international football?
*********************
Requirements for citizenships. 5 years after the age maturity.
posted on 6/10/13
My point was why would he wait that long when he could be playing now for Belgium.
I should have worded it better sorry.
posted on 6/10/13
Sterling moved here at age 5, he grew up here i dont see a problem with it.
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I really don't see there being much difference. In terms of fifa it's still born overseas so the player has to decide which country. The point being, England do use the rules when it benefits
posted on 6/10/13
But id have no problem saying hes english, he grew up here....
posted on 6/10/13
A kid who has lived here since he was 5 is practically English IMO. What effect is nationality aside from the way your parents raise you and your daily interaction with people outside your family?
A lot of his friends and people he has spent time with over the years have likely been mostly English.
posted on 6/10/13
But id have no problem saying hes english, he grew up here....
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That's not the issue though. It's a matter of England using the fifa rules just like anyone else
posted on 6/10/13
Moving to England at the age of 5 with your family to start a new life here is completely different to moving to England 2 years ago because a football club bought you.
I'm sure Sterling has a great emotional attachment to England having lived here the majority of his life and probably feels very English. Januzaj I would imagine feels very much Belgian seeing as he was born, grew up and studied there.
posted on 6/10/13
"That's not the issue though. It's a matter of England using the fifa rules just like anyone else"
We have always had additional criteria to FIFA though due to us being a sovereign state with four countries represented. As I said, I heard they might change it a few years ago but thought that was education related. I may have missed it though.
posted on 6/10/13
We have always had additional criteria to FIFA though due to us being a sovereign state with four countries represented. As I said, I heard they might change it a few years ago but thought that was education related. I may have missed it though.
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What are the differences? Outside of channel islanders rules being different are the nationality rules not the same?
posted on 6/10/13
If Senna can play for Spain and help kick start their dominance of football I don't see why people are so precious about Januzaj doing the same!
Senna only qualified at age 30.
posted on 6/10/13
A few more years required to be eligible for the national team, that's about it isn't it?
posted on 6/10/13
Isn't it just the same rule everywhere? 5 years residency and you can make the switch?
posted on 6/10/13
"What are the differences? Outside of channel islanders rules being different are the nationality rules not the same?"
Up to 2009, you had to have either a parental or grandparental link. Scotland wanted to change it so that if someone was in the education system for a set amount of time, then they could be eligible too. Not sure if that went through though.
We have always been different to FIFAs rules, we may have changed them over the last few years though and I didn't spot it.
It's the reason Giggs was never actually eligible for England, for example.
posted on 6/10/13
If it is 3 years from now then he'd only miss one tournament (next year) which he probably wouldn't have played in anyway.
posted on 6/10/13
minimum of five years education under the age of 18
--------------------------
How does Rooney qualify?
posted on 6/10/13
FIFA World Rankings:
6 = Belgium
17 = England
45 = Albania
49 = Turkey
Born in Belgium who are a decent team currently ranked top 10 in the world. Play in the World Cup.
Not going to be a difficult choice is it?
Although couldn't give a monkeys as long as United get him to re-sign.
posted on 6/10/13
Melton
Don't think that's true, pretty sure Giggs' father is English. He chose Wales because he has always considered himself Welsh rather than English that's all and he played for English school boys purely because he studied at an English school.
posted on 6/10/13
It's pretty desperate from England, but it's a position where England have been desperate for a long time.
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