Should Capello call-up Arteta now he has said he would seriously consider playing for England?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8934261.stm
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Arteta would consider playing for England
- Thread starter Smithy
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questier
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He's a quality player but we should be developing players for the future, not stealing them. I think Sven was close to calling up Cudicini and a few others
Why not? France have been doing it for years.
theonesmith
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- Oct 27, 2008
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Without a doubt, class act.
BensGrandad
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He obviously would choose Engalnd because he wont make the Spanish side, nor England come to that as we have better available.
Germany pick and choose?
Podolski and Klose have lived there pretty much all their lives, Ozil and that other chap that joined Real Madrid are both German by birth, as are the Boatengs. Except the Pikey chav one chose to play for Ghana.
Was watching Aaron Hunt play the other night....could it be the next Owen Hargreaves? - No....the krauts have already capped him.
Podolski and Klose have lived there pretty much all their lives, Ozil and that other chap that joined Real Madrid are both German by birth, as are the Boatengs. Except the Pikey chav one chose to play for Ghana.
Was watching Aaron Hunt play the other night....could it be the next Owen Hargreaves? - No....the krauts have already capped him.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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how is he eligable? i thought residency was 10 years, and surely he hasnt been here that long? or the residency rules have been relaxed?
either way, i have no objections in principle to foreigners who deem themselves English and lived here long enough to qualify. however, if you play for another nation at any level i think that should tie you to that nation for that sport. he's played Spain U21, so no he shouldnt play for England.
either way, i have no objections in principle to foreigners who deem themselves English and lived here long enough to qualify. however, if you play for another nation at any level i think that should tie you to that nation for that sport. he's played Spain U21, so no he shouldnt play for England.
mistahclarke
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- Jul 28, 2009
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Quite, England should have been thinking ahead a bit more when they were bent on World Domination and took Crown Rule for better sporting nations.
To be fair to the German's, they don't cap players that moved in their adult years do they? Like Eduardo and Senna did?
Happy to stand corrected and would be interested to know what big players had no connection to their countries until they took citizenship and became eligible. Can't be arsed to do the research though.
also, by that right, how comes Belgium aren't a world force? Don't they always get players on loan due to the 3 years it takes to get citizenship? If so, why aren't they capping some players?
mistahclarke
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- Jul 28, 2009
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spring hall convert
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Absolutely - his English is better than Gerrard's anyway.
spring hall convert
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Yet they are more than happy to have a foreign manager. What utter twaddle.
Braders
Abi Fletchers Gimpboy
worth a crack - it's a radical change that is definitely needed.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Couldn't take it seriously personally, although he's probably got more claim to being English than that South African wanker Kevin Pietersen.
tonymgc
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Would love to see it, Would offer England something different