csidle Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Some of you may have tried having Thiago Alcantara of FC Barcelona youth becoming quite good. I've had him in my first team at Fulham since he was 18, starting every game. Last season he had an average rating of 7.60 and won the English Footballer of the Year award. He's eligible for Italy, Spain and Brazil, but at age 24, he has not got a single cap -- not even a youth cap -- on his head. Is there any chance he'll ever be called up, you reckon? He's definitely worthy of warming the bench for Cesc and Iniesta, should be starting for Italy or at least a squad player for Brazil! What do you reckon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 He could be in a situation of being called up to two of the teams a lot but refusing as neither are the team he wants. I'm having that problem myself after taking up the Turkey job three seasons in, and finding quite a few German/Turks not wanting to play for me (even though they have no chance with the Nationalmannschaft as I started this game before freeing it up), maybe a bit of player interaction could be implemented to try and inflence this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 He seems to play in a lot of under 21 squads in all my games - always wants to play for Brazil though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonWo Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 He's been called up and played for the England team on my game: 3 years at Wigan, 2 at West Ham and 4 at Man City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sr. Luria Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Well since he is of Italian and Brazilian nationality as well, it depends on who calls him up. He's getting pegged to play for the Spanish team and played several games for them. I've had him learning from Iniesta and Xavi and he proves to be stellar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfgrigg Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 On my game he's currently at Osasuna in 2014. He picked up a couple of youth caps for Spain, but has only made himself available for Brazil at the moment for full international honours. He's 'waiting for a chance with Brazil before committing himself'. He has no chance of getting in the Brazil squad though. They're currently playing a classic Brazilian box formation, and the two central midfield slots are sewn up between Anderson, an ageing Kaka, Bernardo, Ramires and Carlos Eduardo. Looking at Thiago's attributes, he's pretty average. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooCooKaJoo Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 i called him up for my england team after he'd been at man city for ages. hes probs my best overall performer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcrocky Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 No caps on my game yet either, although he's had a very average career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 He is pretty unknown in Brazil, so if he is to be called up for Brazil, he will have to do a lot more than better known players have to. I think he most likely will end up playing for Spain in real life. The fact he is not getting called up in the game either is a good sign, by the way, as reproduces well the real life situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jader13Chucky13 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 ahaha i was wondering the same! right now i'm managing Brazil and Juventus, so i thought "why not give him a chance" as he says "he's waiting for a chance with Brazil", but the funny thing is that when i call him up, he just refuses the chance and yeah, i did try many times to call him up before!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_33 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 On my save in 2012 he has 8 caps for the italian youth setup and has his nationality as italian. He was signed by Man City in July 2009 and has yet to make his first team debut as at Jan 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower1 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 He is a great player! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robzilla Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 In my game he is now 34 and a youth coach at Roma. Had a great career - left Barca in 2011 for Partizan Belgrade before going to Tenerife, then Zenit, Porto, Valencia and finished his career at Celtic. His career record is: played 389 games, scored 99 goals, 65 assists, 18 MOM, average rating 7.12. No senior international caps at all, just says capped at U19 level (presumably for Italy, as that is listed as his main nationality). Shame he is one hell of a good coach though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeolo888 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 could it be a flaw in the game to not let the ai choose, There value would gp up as well if they were internatinals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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