Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 finnaly zakaria bakkali made a statement and confirmed his choice to play for Belgium!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I get the impression Belgium is really multicultural now. It wasn't in the early 90s when I used to hop over the border. Half the Belgian squad are of Congolese, Moroccan, Turkish etc origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 I get the impression Belgium is really multicultural now. It wasn't in the early 90s when I used to hop over the border. Half the Belgian squad are of Congolese, Moroccan, Turkish etc origin. euhm every country is multiculteral? btw we have no player from turkish decent and look at take a closer look at every other national team its just modern days most of them are born in belgium or raised in belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Iceland isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 courtois belgian born mignolet belgian born casteels: belgian born alderweireld: belgian born kompany: belgian born vermaelen: belgian born vertonghen: belgian born lombaerts: belgian born witsel: belgian born fellaini; belgian born defour: belgian born dembéle: belgian born hazard: belgian born mertens: belgian born bakkali: belgian born de bruyne: belgian born chadli:l belgian born mirralas: belgian born lukaku belgian born only benteke is congolese born but he moved to belgium when he was 3 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Iceland isn't Kari Arnasonkari arnason is swedish born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 its a disgrace the FA is trying to make him egliable for england... thats just silly.... Not really, benteke was born in dr Congo afterall. Either way januzaj will be better off with Belgium its a big difference ever heard of emigration? So what has Januzaj done if not emigrate to England at the age of 16? 16 is too late. If he came when he was like 6 that would be ok. Why? At 16 he is basically an adult who has grown up in Belgium. If he came aged 6 he would have gone to school in England, been raised in England and have an English accent - e.g. Zaha and Sterling. He would be no different to other English people except the place on his birth certificate. What is the cut off point then? John Barnes was 14 when he moved to England. Everybody thinks of him as English. I dunno about 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I said origin, but I get your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy Which is more than you can say for his team!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s I have heard the same kind of thing about Zlatan Ibrahimovic way too many times. Often from people who is not even interested in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s It's life, and football. Don't take it personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s Now you know how the Irish feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 7, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s On this subject, can we have some proof that you are actually Belgian? I mean, just calling yourself Belgian guy doesn't cut it for all we know you are Welsh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s On this subject, can we have some proof that you are actually Belgian? I mean, just calling yourself Belgian guy doesn't cut it for all we know you are Welsh. haha i call myself belgian guy because im a guy from belgium XD to be honest i didn't know what name to pick Edited October 7, 2013 by Belgian guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s The same was said about France's World-Cup winning team. It's an argument that will always be used by some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 You're awfully defensive belgian guy yes because it frustrates me that some belgian born ppl stil get the tag of "other origin" or fakebelgian. :s The same was said about France's World-Cup winning team. It's an argument that will always be used by some. yes but it frustrates me i want all belgians to be accepted and be equil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yawn stop feeling sorry for yourself and your fellow countryman. No one is saying Belgians are not equal or accepted. At this moment everyone is bumming Belgium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 England very rarely naturalises players...probably the major euro nation that does it the least when you think Germany, Portugal,Spain and Italy do it quite often now....a proper equivilant would be someone like Arteta playing for England. The Januazj thing really amuses me now....the FA really think he's going to wait another two and a half years twiddling his thumbs on international breaks at home waiting to qualify for England when he could be playing international football probably as early as next month for any of the other 1004 countries he's eligible for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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