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CHANGING NATIONS

CHRIS DUNLAVY LOOKS AT PLAYERS WHO HAVE SWITCHED ALLEGIANCE OR MADE UNLIKELY INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES…

1 Tony Cascarino

2 Ruy Ramos

WEST HAM starlet Declan Rice caused major controversy recently when he turned his back on the Republic of Ireland to publicly declare for England.
The 20-year-old, whose grandparents are from Cork, came through the Irish youth set-up and even made three senior appearances for the Boys in Green - though all in friendlies.
Now he has exploited FIFA rules on non-competitive games to change his allegiance, which hasn’t gone down well on the Emer...

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