Match Day Thread FA Cup Final. Arsenal v Chelsea

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Slavic heritage no doubt. Does that soften the blow ?
Great player.

Croat I assume. He deserves a better national side around him than USA though <laugh>

He can easily fill that hole Hazard left when he buggered off to Real. I think he's done a great job so far too, he's been Chelsea's best player whenever I've seen them.
 
Croat I assume. He deserves a better national side around him than USA though <laugh>

He can easily fill that hole Hazard left when he buggered off to Real. I think he's done a great job so far too, he's been Chelsea's best player whenever I've seen them.

His grandad was Croatian, but even he lived mainly in the States, so the Slavic connection is fairly distant.
 
His grandad was Croatian, but even he lived mainly in the States, so the Slavic connection is fairly distant.
I thought the FIFA rules recognised grandparents' nationality as legitimacy for playing for nations other than a player's birthplace ?

The lad had a choice mind - easier to pick where you reside.
 
Despite playing for the US, he’s still managed to score 14 in 34 games and he’s only 21.

I think he's been involved in something like 70% of US goals in his last 20 caps. Madness for one player, that - though I imagine Kane and Sterling might not be far from that themselves.

It's a similar scenario to Mo Salah with Egypt, one superb player surrounded by mostly average ones.