Hes eligible to play for England next August, rumours are he may be interested if he doesnt get a Spain cap by then I think ,showing an interest in England, is guaranteed to get a Spain cap, Spain wont want to lose a player like him, I have a feelin he might just get at least 1 Spain cap before August
I think I am right, but not 100%, that Enrique WILL be eligible to play for England next August.Owen played for Wales at youth level,and Giggs played for England.But more importantly Arteta played for Spain u21s, and everyone knows he is eligble to play for England
He would have to be eligible for England at the same time he played for Spain's youth teams. That's why Arteta wasn't available for a call up with England. Here's a bit of the article concerning Arteta:
Enrique will not play for England. Eligibility is one thing, but it's based on nation states. Being eligible for England by residence also makes you eligible for Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The home nations have a gentlemans' agreement not to pick players based on residence as there would be a ridiculous scramble for each eligible player.
Whereas unseemly scrambles for players based on a couple of years' schooling in a country (Scotland for instance) is perfectly fine apparently. Enrique (if he applied) wouldn't be the first player to have U21 appearances set aside so he could represent another senior team - goodness only knows how many U21s change nations under rule 15 http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamBack/Eligibiliy.html and when coming to winning, when has a 'Gentleman's agreement' been invoked? The losers are in no position to moan, they lost, and the winners simply point to the trophy and say "...but feel the weight of that beauty..."
