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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Wilshere declares that all Three Lions players should be born in England

His claims came after suggestions that Manchester
United's Adnan Januzaj - born in Belgium to Kosovar-
Albanian parents - could eventually play for the Three
Lions.
But Arsenal ace Wilshere said: "For me if you are
English you are English and you play for England."
Januzaj would be eligible to play for the Three Lions if
he stays in the country until 2018 and doesn't play
for another international team before then.
Belgium tried to call up the 18-year-old this week but
he turned them down while he keeps his options
open.
There was also talk of Wilshere's Arsenal team-mate
Mikel Arteta being an option for England in 2010
after he had lived in the country for five years.
But Wilshere said: "The only people who should play
for England are English people. If you live in England
for five years, it doesn't make you English.
"You shouldn't play - it doesn't mean you can play for
a country.
"If I went to Spain and lived there for five years I am
not going to play for Spain."
Wilshere also said he backed the principle of England
having an English manager.
He added: "It's better if there is an Englishman but,
don't get me wrong, Fabio Capello did a lot for my
England career.
"He brought me in and gave me my debut and stuck
with me from a young age so he was a good manager
as well."
With Roy Hodgson's men facing crunch World Cup
qualifiers at home to Montenegro on Friday and
Poland four days later, Wilshere hit back at critics
who have blasted the national team's style of play.
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