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Firstly, to be fair to Adnan Januzaj I don't think he has any intentions of playing for England. He and his father think of themselves as Kosovan but as it doesn't officially exist they have no team to play for.

As for only people born in England playing for England as others have said, it is ridiculous! You are saying someone born outside of England who moves here as a child, learns the language, goes to school, makes friends, settles in and thinks of himself as English shouldn't be allowed to play for England? As far as I am concerned if someone is a proud enough Englishman to want to represent us on the football pitch them good luck to them.
As the OP says, taking the argument to it's logical conclusion only those born in the N5 postcode should play for Arsenal, or only those born in Torquay should play for Torquay United!

PhilGull wrote:Firstly, to be fair to Adnan Januzaj I don't think he has any intentions of playing for England. He and his father think of themselves as Kosovan but as it doesn't officially exist they have no team to play for.

As for only people born in England playing for England as others have said, it is ridiculous! You are saying someone born outside of England who moves here as a child, learns the language, goes to school, makes friends, settles in and thinks of himself as English shouldn't be allowed to play for England? As far as I am concerned if someone is a proud enough Englishman to want to represent us on the football pitch them good luck to them.
As the OP says, taking the argument to it's logical conclusion only those born in the N5 postcode should play for Arsenal, or only those born in Torquay should play for Torquay United!

Nobody has said that though. All they have said is that if someone moves here as an adult, purely to play football, with no other links to the country, and grew up supporting Belgium, Brazil, Spain or whoever, they shouldn't be allowed to represent England.