Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta would have loved to play for England
Arsenal midfielder and Spanish national, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mikel-Arteta-c25715 has admitted that he wouldn’t have had a problem with representing England, despite not being born in the country.
The Twenty nine year old has been in England since 2005, following a move to Everton. However, since his arrival in the country, the player has fallen in love with it and has revealed that he would have loved to play for the England squad.
Nonetheless, the player will never be able to do so, since he made an under-16 appearance for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, when he didn’t hold a British passport. That act has blown any and all possibilities of the player ever playing for England and that is something the player
now has to live with.
When talking about his love for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 and his desire to play for the team, the player is quoted to have said: “If it was any other country I would have had to say no, but because it was [England] I said I would have to think about it”
“England has been really good to me professionally and personally. In the end I didn't have to make a decision because I wasn't allowed to play because of Fifa rules.”
“At least it was nice to know that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello and his staff were thinking about bringing me into the national team.”
“I feel English in some ways because I have spent the biggest part of my career here. Obviously I know how English people think, what they do, the culture - I know everything.”
Arteta then went on to reveal that the only reason he made a move to England was because of the convincing power of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, when Arteta signed for Everton.
Since his arrival to the country, the midfielder has managed to make a total of two hundred and twenty nine appearances for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429.
The player is now set to play for the Gunners for a number of seasons in the future and he is bound to build on his success in the country with the North London club.
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