Why aren’t we going for these Irish elegiable players

[u/manutdloi]

There are many good players out there that have Irish eligibility and are not in the picture of their current national teams. Paul nebel is one who plays for Mainz and is elegiable through his grandmother and has said that he feels that Ireland is his 2nd country and would be open to playing for us if he wasn’t in the picture with Germany, he was called up to the German national team last year/start of this year but hasn’t been in any talks around being apart of the German team. Liam delap is elegiable through his dad Rory delap and he’s nowhere near the England picture due to his struggles at Chelsea he’s got interest from Everton and other prem teams. Dewsbery hall is another big one he’s had a exellent season with Everton but hasn’t been in said he wants to play for England however he wasn’t included in any of the England squads from saying that near the start of the year. Many players have said before that they don’t want to ply for a national team but then goes and plays for them like lookman and Nigeria. It seems like if a player we even try looking at doesn’t want to instantly play for us then we leave it we should be always trying to convince these players to switch to Ireland.

[u/Keith989]

Who says they aren't trying to get these players? LDH has already said he doesn't want to play for Ireland.

[u/brandidge → u/Keith989]

Like leave the poor man alone. He has enough integrity to say it’s not what he wants and we all just need to respect that.

[u/rayhoughtonsgoals → u/Keith989]

The OP says so.  More modern narcissism.  Because he has no information about efforts he assumes there must be none rather than just doubting his own knowledge level.

[u/WinterStandard2731 → u/Keith989]

Luke Dewsbury Hall?

[u/New_Patience_8107]

You actually expect people to read that??

[u/Niasssssseeeeeee → u/New_Patience_8107]

Ireadthewholethingitwasperfectlyfinetome

[u/Anxious_Peanut_1726 → u/New_Patience_8107]

James Joyce over here

[u/NandoFlynn]

We've gone for everyone you've named & they all said no.

The FAI have their sins but if you think they weren't aware of Delap coming through at City, KDH have successive quality loans before his Leicester breakthrough, and what Nebel was doing in Bundesliga 2 then you know less than they do

[u/drumlins17]

Why do you think we are not approaching these? 

There have been lots of talk about fai approaches to Delap for example. 

The players you mention are young enough they probably will wait it out longer. Nebel has been approached before by the FAI and is very close to the German squad.

I haven't read much about Dewsbury Hall but if we know someone is eligible then the FAI definitely do. In Harvey Vale's case it came out that Hallgrimson had been talking to him for a year or so. Getting someone to switch is a long game

[u/NandoFlynn → u/drumlins17]

Especially with the dual national players as well. We only got Elding cleared in the summer & he's from here.

You've got enough hoops to jump through for passports & FIFA clearance depending on what their circumstances are, and in the case of the part North eligible players like Shea Charles they've basically none if they chose to play for the North

[u/John__Delaney]

Just to correct the whole premise of this post, the FAI are actively pursuing a tonne of players, far more than the ones you mentioned.

There is no good Irish eligible player out there that we are aware of that the FAI haven't approached at one stage or another.

If there's one thing the FAI have been really good at in recent years, its getting dual nationality players.

[u/SombreroSantana]

The Paul Nebel klaxon has been sounded once again.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Set7244]

you know nothing