Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
If I am not wrong, FIFA eligibility rules mandate that any player who qualifies through descent need to get a passport of the country he wants to represent. When Kevin-Prince Boateng decided to move from Germany to Ghana, he received a Ghanaian passport (in addition to his original German passport). I don't see any red flags. Ethnically he is Ghanaian, and the fact that he was born and brought up in a different country should not create any issues. But the same is not applicable to players such as Mohammed Muntari and Almoez Ali, who moved to a different country purely for monetary benefits.
This practice of naturalizing players is normal, I don't see anything wrong with it either, we have to consider that it has always been done even 40 years ago, it makes me think of all the Argentines who have been naturalized in Italy, what's wrong with it, if I feel I can compete with that national team and legally I can do so I don't see anything wrong with itYou have Japaneses, playing a very methodic and precise soccer. You have african nations, playing in high velocity. You have Argentinians, playing a more provokative soccer. And then you have the rest, which can't be differentiated from each other anymore, because they have lost identity. Of course they still win cups and championships, but what is the main characteristic of France, Germany, Netherlands these days? For me they look the same.
It's not exciting anymore to watch different countries playing, because everything is pretty default nowadays.