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[Football] Big Bob Sanchez
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nwgull
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That’s the home nations agreement for eligibility of British and Irish born players.
Its the home nations agreement on who can represent your nations in general. Hence that "a) He was born on the territory of the relevant Association" describes being British born as one of the things making a player eligible.. As for Ireland, they are not in the home nations agreement.
The agreement is why Angel Rangel couldnt play for Wales - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/18833190 - and why Sanchez wouldnt be able to play for England. While they could according to FIFA rules, they cant due to home nations agreement.
Comment (translated): "I listened to the interview, and I just hoped he's a better goalkeeper than interlocutor, what a fabric".
Comment (translated): "I listened to the interview, and I just hoped he's a better goalkeeper than interlocutor, what a fabric".
The last part, "vaya tela", translates roughly to "what a nightmare."
- Apr 5, 2014
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Sanchez father comes from the West Indies. A number of the islands are British. He may qualify via that route
Washie
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Those stats at the bottom are great, 72% saved, 0 drops, only 1 error to a goal
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Love the bit about Ben Roberts being the second father in England
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That Sheff Utd free kick still the best of the lot in my view
He certainly gets down well for a big fella
I have read he doesn’t have a UK passport. If this is the case then any talk of him playing for England at the moment is utter nonsense as he can’t. He could obviously apply for one, but as someone else has pointed out he’d have to give up his Spanish one as Spain doesn’t recognize dual nationality with “third nations”. Would he be willing to do this? Maybe. Maybe not. It’s irrelevant at the moment though.
He’s there on merit and not because the Spanish FA are pulling a fast one to tie him down to Spain.
The Rochdale one at 1:26 is a belter.
(Though I'd have left out the one against Wolves at 2:50 that they cut just as he's pushing it straight onto Burn's knee for an own goal!)
Thing is, even if he did apply for a UK passport and got UK citizenship he wouldnt be eligeble according to the agreement unless he got some British blood (which is possible but no one seems to know). Its the same situation as it was for Almunia:
https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main...o-almunia-arteta-cannot-play-for-home-nations
It would have been possible if Rob moved to England aged 13 or earlier though, but he was 15.
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Well The Sun article above states clearly that he is eligible for England and that Southgate was looking at him.
The Sun is a highly respected publication in the UK with a reputation for unfailing editorial accuracy
Good points.
I must admit I like the idea of watching him play for Spain and seeing Brighton named as his club.
Maybe a reporter can ask if he has a UK passport at the next media session; this simple question will clear everything up.
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Well, he's been selected for Spain, so barring a massive U turn, it's academic
Milano
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If Bob gets a chance with Spain and does well then we can add him to the White, Lamptey, Bissouma list.
Why would getting a chance with Spain and doing well increase his value more than doing well in the PL?
Milano
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Errr an international call up to a tier 1 international team. In short lazy journalism, he will become ‘noticed’ by our media.
Lamptey only got the headlines because he was ex-Chelsea and there was an undertone of Chelsea had messed up letting him go on the cheap. If he’d come through our youth then it would have been a lot less.