Martin O’Neill tells talkSPORT he would never have played Declan Rice or Jack Grealish in competitive games
That’s despite the English-born duo both featuring for Irish youth sides,FIFA rules at the time stipulated that players can still change international allegiances after playing three or fewer non-competitive games, which proved to be the case asO’Neill joined White and Jordan on talkSPORT to discuss a number of topics, and one disgruntled Irish listener was disappointed he didn’t manageHe explained: “First of all, you can’t coerce players into becoming international players, he played in three...
“That was never going to be the case, you can’t deceive people into playing these games, you cannot force them into that.
“But then when you have to make a decision, that decision was made by Jack Grealish and his father, his father’s also English too, you might go back to heritage as well, but that’s what they wanted to do, and I’m not going to disavow them of that.” “The players know the rules and the players’ dads know the rules, it couldn’t be more simple, so this idea of taking criticism for not coercing two players who are now playing for England.“I wouldn’t possibly have done it, and Declan Rice would have been aware of it so he wouldn’t have done it.
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