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Thursday 10 October 2013

Adnan's Army: Januzaj and 10 more foreign players who CAN play for England

Adnan's Army: Januzaj and 10 more foreign players who CAN play for England

Adnan Januzaj isn't the only foreign national to be linked with a call-up to England, here's 11 players who have also been eligible for the Three Lions
Imports: 11 foreign players who can play or could've played for England
Imports: 11 foreign players who can play or could've played for England
Manchester United youngster Adnan Januzaj has stirred yet another debate about foreign nationals representing England. The Belgium-born Albanian player has reportedly been the source of interest from the FA, who looked into recruiting Januzaj for England duty.
He isn't the first foreign-born player to be linked with an England call-up, there have been many before him, and there will probably be a fair few in the future.
As Greg Dyke battles for English players to have bigger roles in the Premier League, the notion that the FA could be looking towards a player who has only lived in England for two years, and whose parents aren't English, has not gone down well with Jack Wilshere.
But what about those foreign players we missed out on in the past, and what about the foreign nationals who have procured British passports and are still eligible to play for England?
Up until 2010, any foreign player who had attained British citizenship could play for England even if they had represented another country at youth level, or in a friendly.
But in 2010 the rules changed, Fifa declared a new (slightly complicated) regulation. It meant a player could still play for England if they had attained British citizenship, even if they had represented another country at youth level. But importantly, the new regulation dictated they would had to have held a British passport during the time they represented the other country at youth level.
This means that despite popular belief, Manchester United's Rafael could never have played for England.
So with all this in mind, we've come up 11 foreign players who could have played for England, or still can play for England. The question is - would you have them on the team?

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