How to get a Englishman (Whose eligible to play for Italy) play for Italy?

I'm manager of Italy, and have seen some excellent youth prospects who can play for Italy, I've seen about 5 so far, all capable of being Star Players. Yet, their nationality is English, Argentinian, etc. So my question is, how to get these players capped at Youth age so I can use them for my Italy squad in a 5 years time?

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Just try and call them up for any match and bring them on as a substitute. Once they have played for the senior team they cannot switch.

Just try and call them up for any match and bring them on as a substitute. Once they have played for the senior team they cannot switch.

Excuse me for being slightly original here, but thats not a very realistic approach, surely we can be able to put them into the U21 without being manger?

as said above just cap them in a senior team game..

then just put in your u21 till ready to become a star for the national team

Excuse me for being slightly original here, but thats not a very realistic approach, surely we can be able to put them into the U21 without being manger?

Unless I've got this wrong, they could still play for England after playing for the Italy U21s. I'm sure they need to get a full cap to ensure they can only play for Italy.

Unless I've got this wrong, they could still play for England after playing for the Italy U21s. I'm sure they need to get a full cap to ensure they can only play for Italy.

yep that is correct

Excuse me for being slightly original here, but thats not a very realistic approach, surely we can be able to put them into the U21 without being manger?

It happens every now and then, Glenn Hoddle did it with Matt Le Tissier

Well I'm Australian and we certainly do that with our star players (seeing as all Australian footballers are from European immigrant backgrounds). In fact, despite our best efforts, some of our most promising players ended up playing for Croatia. Maybe big nations in Europe don't have a need to cap so young, because they ar highly regarded, but it isn't that unrealistic in certain situations (Kewell was eligible for England, Schwarzer for Germany, Viduka for Croatia etc...)

not to mention Cahill was also eligable for Ireland and samoa. And williams was welsh, indian, and australian.

it also depends on whether they have pledged for england. if they are you wont be able to call them up...

If they are in a squad, you probably won't be able to either.

they need to gain Italian nationality by being in Italy for 5 years, then if they choose italian nationality (still a chance they wont want to) they then have to deside if they want to play for the Italian team (look under personal details of the player, if there decalred for a nation other than Italy they wont play for you)