Both they and the former captain of the same team all received these 'packages' with postmarks, on occasion from the North.
So would doubt somehow they're as
universally popular as you're claiming....
I'm sure our more learned posters will correct me, but if you've been registered to play in another EU country, for I believe 6 years, they can then play for that country, subject to no previous competitive call-ups etc.
There's been a few cases of this eg. in the EPL, with certain eligible players being linked to the England team, eg. Carlo Cudicini and
even Manuel Almunia....
Also there's nothing in most cases to stop people taking up citizenship of another country, as know Irish citizens who have dual citizenship which would then open up eligibility where applicable, eg. Australia, the US, Canada, S.Africa etc.
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