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Ivory Coast kid Abdul Razak wants to play for England
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sam-caddick
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RACHACE said:Fucking awful news.
Lets just put City aside for 1 minute. This kid was born in the Ivory Coast, not England, he isn't English!!
This stinks and should this happen it will put an end to my following of the national team, it simply isn't fair.
Playing for England is the biggest honour an English kid will have, this reduces the chances for English kids getting to play for THEIR country.
I am pretty sure that getting a call up from England would also be worth far more than getting a call up for the Ivory Coast with regards contract negotiations, which I am also certain has had an impact on his decsion making.
(if true)
Thats English pride coming through mate, in the 50's and 60's a couple of South Americans chose to swap their relevant international sides to play for Spain also how many so called Great Britain athletes are not born in the UK at this current moment... quite a few!!
We didnt but Palace did. He's been here for a few years now so will be eligible to claim citizenship.bluecityboy said:How will he qualify? Didn't we even have problems keeping him in England?
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BoyBlue_1985 said:RACHACE said:Fucking awful news.
Lets just put City aside for 1 minute. This kid was born in the Ivory Coast, not England, he isn't English!!
This stinks and should this happen it will put an end to my following of the national team, it simply isn't fair.
Playing for England is the biggest honour an English kid will have, this reduces the chances for English kids getting to play for THEIR country.
I am pretty sure that getting a call up from England would also be worth far more than getting a call up for the Ivory Coast with regards contract negotiations, which I am also certain has had an impact on his decsion making.
(if true)
What are you worried about John barnes was/is Jamaican. Onouha was/is Nigerian. Michael Owen is Welsh. Hargreaves is Canadian/American/German/English/Scottish. 2 of Italy's world cup winners were not Italian by birth. Deco and Jardel were Brazilian but took nationality to play for Portugal. If this worried you so much you should of stopped watching international football 50 years ago when Alfredo Di Stefano changed football nations twice to play in the WC
Not to mention half the German squad
We would need sme kind of assurances that he wouldn´t bunk to the IC
How we would do that I´m not entirely sure , but if Pingpong has done that to us then we have to tread carefully
bluevengence
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If he is eligable to claim british cityzenship then thats
good enough for me
good enough for me
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Fucking awful news.
This stinks and should this happen it will put an end to my following of the national team, it simply isn't fair.
Me too mate, I'm going to start watching England at cricket instead.
BoyBlue_1985
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talkativesprout said:Fucking awful news.
This stinks and should this happen it will put an end to my following of the national team, it simply isn't fair.
Me too mate, I'm going to start watching England at cricket instead.
Or you could always follow the All Blacks in Rugby
Or the France team from 1998 which had about 4 French people in the squad
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talkativesprout said:Fucking awful news.
This stinks and should this happen it will put an end to my following of the national team, it simply isn't fair.
Me too mate, I'm going to start watching England at cricket instead.
HaHaHaHaHa - I wonder how many will actually get that?
Brilliant rebuke.
RACHACE said:Fucking awful news.
Lets just put City aside for 1 minute. This kid was born in the Ivory Coast, not England, he isn't English!!
This stinks and should this happen it will put an end to my following of the national team, it simply isn't fair.
Playing for England is the biggest honour an English kid will have, this reduces the chances for English kids getting to play for THEIR country.
I am pretty sure that getting a call up from England would also be worth far more than getting a call up for the Ivory Coast with regards contract negotiations, which I am also certain has had an impact on his decsion making.
(if true)
don't be silly. half the german national team is polish