Ronaldo to play for Spain?

[OSRGull]

Apparently so. Spain are willing to pay Portugal £160 million as Ronaldo can pass as a Spanish citizen? Shows there isn't much loyalty in football anymore if it happens.

 

[albion534]

What's the point in playing for your country, when u can do that, however, as he plays shit for Argentina, can we buy messi?

 

[strings]

I don't think that can happen. Don't FIFA'S rules stop you from representing two countries?

The exceptions to the rule that I can think of are that a player can go on to represent a successor state (i.e. people that have played for Sudan can now play for the new country 'South Sudan'). Or if the original country that the player represented ceases to exist (people that played for Czechoslovakia went on to play for the Czech Republic or Slovakia). Clearly this is not the case with Portugal.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Apparently so. Spain are willing to pay Portugal £160 million as Ronaldo can pass as a Spanish citizen? Shows there isn't much loyalty in football anymore if it happens.

errr what? once you've played for a country thats it! you can represent one country at under 21 level and another at full international level...

 

[sten_super]

I don't think that can happen. Don't FIFA'S rules stop you from representing two countries?

The exceptions to the rule that I can think of are that a player can go on to represent a successor state (i.e. people that have played for Sudan can now play for the new country 'South Sudan'). Or if the original country that the player represented ceases to exist (people that played for Czechoslovakia went on to play for the Czech Republic or Slovakia). Clearly this is not the case with Portugal.

Yes absolutely. I call bullshit.

 

[terryberry1]

Are you on drugs It is impossible to do that. Ronaldo would not want to play for his countries rivals and neighbours. God knows where you heard this

 

[Deleted member 18477]

and spain have no money anyway as a country lol!

 

[Steveapps71]

What a crock of shit.
If the person that started this thread believes this, go to the bookies as the odds will be great

 

[Paddy B]

Apparently so. Spain are willing to pay Portugal £160 million as Ronaldo can pass as a Spanish citizen? Shows there isn't much loyalty in football anymore if it happens.

I dont think you should believe the bigger boys in the playground.

 

[Icy Gull]

Not 01 April today is it?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Apparently so. Spain are willing to pay Portugal £160 million as Ronaldo can pass as a Spanish citizen? Shows there isn't much loyalty in football anymore if it happens.

 

[keaton]

Not 01 April today is it?

Yeah this was an April's Fools wasn't it?

 

[Paddy B]

Yeah this was an April's Fools wasn't it?

Yep it was, it just took the OP 7 months to find it!

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/portugal-sells-ronaldo-to-spain-in-160m-deal-on-national-debt-2258903.html

 

[piersa]

cock off

 

[Pbseagull]

Bearing in mind that Sepp "corrupt" Blatter is still in charge of FIFA, reckon it could happen if Blatter was persuaded by a rather large brown envelope!

 

[Josimojo]

He couldn't even make it onto the Spanish bench anyway...
Is he good at cleaning boots?

 

[Brovion]

The usual course of action now will be for the OP to say that he knew it was a wind-up and, ha ha, everybody fell for it! Better that than admitting you're a bit of a gullible idiot.

 

[cheeseroll]

Notwithstanding the April Fools hoax covered by the OP, Franz Puskas played 85 times for Hungary and 4 times for Spain.

 

[OSRGull]

f*** my life, I didn't know.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

NO! FIFA rules are clear since 2004 it is impossible for players to switch nation teams after youth level. Once you appear for one country at full international level, that is who you're stuck with...FOREVER!