The South Americans do it all the time don't they? Get Italian/Spanish citizenship based on some distant ancestor (longer than grandparent I think) but they never counted towards any limits in Serie A/La Liga or similar.
Where there's cash there's a way...
Looks like Zefi is going to Roma, can't say I'm overly excited about that move. He's not a kid anymore, needs to get out and play some senior football to see if he's any good at it (I have my doubts).
"Youngster Rocco Vata could be heading for the exit door as interest from Italy continues to grow in the B team starlet. Bologna have been strongly linked with the forward but a new name in the frame has emerged in the shape of Como FC. Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano states they can offer a different kind of project and guaranteed minutes with talks set to follow." (Daily Record, 15 Jan)
Bit of an update from the weekend:
Franco Umeh scored two equalisers in the last five minutes of Crystal Palace's 3-3 draw at Blackburn, bringing his season's total to seven in eleven league appearances. Zak Gilsenan and Rory Finneran came on as subs for Rovers: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...tal-palace-u21
Jamie Mullins scored and assisted for Brighton in a 4-2 win against Liverpool. Trent Kone-Doherty was a sub for the Reds:https://www.premierleague.com/match/...-liverpool-u21
Ollie O'Neill got the assist on Fulham's late winner against Derby: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...21-v-derby-u21
Zefi's transfer gets stranger as time passes. There's no announcement on Roma's website, there's actually no mention of Zefi on the website at all, nothing on their facebook or instagram accounts - the only acknowledgement by the club that the transfer has gone through is one post on their twitter account
Do they commonly announce Primavera team signings though?
Because that's what he is I presume.
Only if he brings his own pasta, Stu.
Nathan Fraser off the mark, grabs a goal against Brentford!
Tony Springett has joined Northampton on loan from Norwich
Five goals for Irish players in the Premier League Cup last night - two for Mark O'Mahony against Hull, two for Zak Gilsenan against Sheffield United, and one for Alex Murphy against Nottingham Forest
Sam Curtis also made his first appearance for the Blades' U21 side
Gilsenan's goals below
O'Mahony's goals are on YouTube, at 3:45 and 4:18 on the link below, scored from a total of about 3 yards.
Can only link to the video, embedding has been disabled for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ7MrUgErBM
Franco Umeh nominated for PL2 Player of the Month for January
https://www.premierleague.com/news/3884172
Not u21 but underage related. Keilan Quinn (2007) born in England signed for Aston Villa from West Brom for £1m on deadline day. His dad is from Sion in Tyrone.
As Irishmen we dilute our sense of nation by depending on the English to bring us our balls
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