Re: Dutch National Team naturalizes Brazilian Defender

by Sir Psycho Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:39 am

Don't get me started on Thiago... not Motta.

by Catracho Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:27 am

Ganso wrote:hes definitely not better than Pato and Damiao,but hed be a great 3rd choice ST

what do we need a 3rd choice Olympic striker for? Thats what Kleber of Porto is there for.

by Magricos Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:37 am

Pepe is a better defender than David Luiz.

by Ganso Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:17 pm

David Luiz was just as good as Pepe before his injury.He will get in form and used to AVB soon

by Lord Hades Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:57 pm

no offense but dont these guys have any patriotism.. eg pepe and deco unlike kpb were brought up in brazil no? so what if they didnt get selected, dont they love their country

by Ganso Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:08 pm

diptiman wrote:no offense but dont these guys have any patriotism.. eg pepe and deco unlike kpb were brought up in brazil no? so what if they didnt get selected, dont they love their country

tbf with them,our coaches didnt call them up so they accepted their role for portugal and used it as a steeping stone to where they are now.They werent patient like Hulk

by vu Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:23 pm

punkfusion1992 wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Cacau wasn't naturalized for football, though, his application for Citizenship was in the works for years before the NT even noticed him.

Germany naturalized this English kid in the 90s, but I forgot pretty much everything else about that... Turkey got Mehmet Aurelio...

Turkey got Sahin and the Altintop brothers even though they are German born

unlike özil, the altintops and sahin have a strong cultural connection to turkey (also theyve chosen to represent the turkish nt right away, playing at youth levels too)... and if im not mistaken nuri doesnt even have german citizenship.