Comments on: The double-nationality dilemma http://worldfootballcolumns.com/2009/11/03/the-double-nationality-dilemma/ We're fans. It's our game, so we write about it. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Geoff Edwards http://worldfootballcolumns.com/2009/11/03/the-double-nationality-dilemma/#comment-314 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:55:22 +0000 http://www.worldfootballcolumns.com/?p=698#comment-314 Could it be also that Brazilians don’t hold much anger to these players because they’re not really missed? The players that Vitor mentioned in his article would have significantly improved the CV Islands’ national team, whereas the Brazilians wouldn’t have been so important for Brazil.

]]> By: Vitor Quintã http://worldfootballcolumns.com/2009/11/03/the-double-nationality-dilemma/#comment-315 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:55:22 +0000 http://www.worldfootballcolumns.com/?p=698#comment-315 Brasil has a big advantage in this issue. If we look honestly at all the Brazilian-born players on all the other national teams, would any of them be a a starter for Brazil?

On the other hand, players like Nani or David Mendes da Silva (AZ Alkmaar and Netherlands) would be stars for the Cape Verde national team.

But the “runaway” players are just an easy target. Just like Pepe or Kuranyi, they had to a right to play for another national team and they took it.

It’s just easier to blame them than to analyse the many reasons why they don’t want to play for Cape Verde. I’ll try to do that on my next article.

]]> By: Fabricio http://worldfootballcolumns.com/2009/11/03/the-double-nationality-dilemma/#comment-313 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:27:50 +0000 http://www.worldfootballcolumns.com/?p=698#comment-313 Vitor that’s an interesting look into the “other side”. Here in Brazil we see lots of players holding another nationalities to play for their chosen countries. Pepe, Deco and Liédson are examples in Portugal. However I don’t see much anger towards then, I think brazilians understand that they went somewhere to get a better wage, to live a better life. I can relate with our brother from Cabo Verde, but most brazilians i think wouldn’t agree with then.

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