20Reedy07 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Have you had or seen a player of one nationality become eligable to play for another and recieve a call up to whichever nation that may be? I have Nacho Novo who is Spanish as most of you will know and form wise he has the best average rating in the SPL he's now become eligable to play for Scotland im just curious as to if they'll call him up anytime soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cris182 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i had a s.korean who went on to play for sweden, not very well it must be said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Half of Brazil play for Portugual Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrespringett Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 eduardo for croatia is an example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plebbo_dom Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i had a s.korean who went on to play for sweden, not very well it must be said. Very disturbing indeed. What's next? A chinese playing for England? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macco88 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 nah i have'nt and with the amount of brazilians i send to spain I would have thought atleast a few. Talking about that though I remember on the last FM I became Italy manager, and had a full squad of (ok too good) foreign-born Itialians, only about 5 made it in to my squad on a regular basis but still... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzydeepy Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Very disturbing indeed. What's next? A chinese playing for England? Whats so disturbing about that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oTRUTHo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 im scotland manager & iv called up atleast 2 player who have become eliagable. thay wernt very good but i thought id let them get a cap i think novo is better than some scots but wether he gets called up in the game is down to the manager & in real life.... well if it was cristiano ronaldo? i dont think anyone from scotland would be against the idea as mutch as thay have been against novo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macco88 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Very disturbing indeed. What's next? A chinese playing for England? Whats so disturbing about that? I think he might be meaning a chinese born player with no British parent lineage, if he is meaning that though he must hate Fabrice Muamba (I think it's him, born in Republic of Congo stayed there till he was 12 then moved here to escape war torn ROC and NO British parent lineage) P.S I'm not bothered that he plays for England, although I would rather he played for us (Scotland) lol Speaking about that though I thought he wouldn't be aloud to play for England because of the home home nation rule or whatever it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzydeepy Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Oh ok - but I would have thought that a player who is uncapped for his home country and who moves to a country in which he has no relaionship/ affiliation with, then he would not consider playing for the country he now plays in. He would probably opt for his home country - and anyway it would take at least 5 years for that happen in the UK and by then the player would have learnt the language fully and would have adopted to the culture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish_Yid Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 the british isles have a gentlemens agreement irl where they agreed not to call up players from other countries, so novo, arteta and almunia will not be playing for scotland or england P.S rep of ireland not included Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oTRUTHo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 the british isles have a gentlemens agreement irl where they agreed not to call up players from other countries, so novo, arteta and almunia will not be playing for scotland or englandP.S rep of ireland not included tell that to scotland, wales or irland if the next maradona becomes eliagble if playing for 1 of there clubs ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzydeepy Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 the british isles have a gentlemens agreement irl where they agreed not to call up players from other countries, so novo, arteta and almunia will not be playing for scotland or englandP.S rep of ireland not included Where did you read that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macco88 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 the british isles have a gentlemens agreement irl where they agreed not to call up players from other countries, so novo, arteta and almunia will not be playing for scotland or englandP.S rep of ireland not included Yea that's what I was meaning so why is Muamba aloud to play for england??:S It shouldn't be one rule for one and a different for another Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I was England manager and got a few messages telling me that players had become eligible. I never called one up though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I don't think the Gentlemens Agreement covers u21s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I've seen several Brazilian players who have acquired Bulgarian citizenship and made appearances for the Bulgarian national team. One of them played for my team in the B Group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vornik Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Some Canadian guy played for Romania. It was very funny to see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negatrev Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yea that's what I was meaning so why is Muamba aloud to play for england??:SIt shouldn't be one rule for one and a different for another I think it's because he sought asylum as a kid and came up though the English league system. Whereas the other players mentioned came up through their own nations systems and aren't considered British produced talent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudester Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I got a Brazilian who in pre season suddenly decided he wanted to play for Hungary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ell69 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Colin Kazim Richards. Bit different with him having family etc but still! Also, Sylvain Distin can now play for England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macco88 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I think it's because he sought asylum as a kid and came up though the English league system. Whereas the other players mentioned came up through their own nations systems and aren't considered British produced talent. Ahhh that makes sense lol. It was just weird how all this stuff was being made about Almunia and Novo when he has played for england since he was 17 I think, just wish he would say he loves his barr's IRN-BRU and choose Scotland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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