{"id":4657,"date":"2026-04-02T20:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:08:16","slug":"english-premier-league-striker-could-switch-his-international-allegiance-to-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4657","title":{"rendered":"English Premier League striker could switch his international allegiance to Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8216;He looks like he is far away from England&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has made a public approach for one of the most high-profile English strikers playing in the Premier League. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The nation Hallgrimsson manages came agonisingly close to securing qualification for the 2026 World Cup last week, losing a play-off first leg against Czechia after surrendering a two goal lead away in Prague. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Despite the setback, missing out on the country&#8217;s first World Cup in more than 20 years, Hallgrimsson already has an eye on future tournaments, and bolstering his ranks with a prolific new striker. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p><strong>Best UK betting offers right now &#8211; 18+, BeGambleAware<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><oc-connect-widget slot-id=\"97dDCX3NiPvxFMRHGvaDS\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As reported in the Irish Independent, Hallgrimsson and assistant John O&#8217;Shea have not completely given up hope on tempting Liam Delap to switch his allegiance from England to Ireland. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Although Delap has represented England on multiple youth levels, his father \u2014 former Stoke City long throw-in expert Rory\u2014 played for Ireland. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Responding to a question, the Irish manager said: \u201cIt\u2019s a decision that is still just his. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cHe [Liam Delap] hasn\u2019t played for England and it doesn\u2019t look like he is going to the World Cup. He looks like he is far away from that. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;But, again, it is his decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>After an impressive debut Premier League season with newly-promoted Ipswich, Delap joined Chelsea in a deal worth \u00a330 million last summer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In a campaign that has been affected by injury, and the disruption of Enzo Maresca&#8217;s January departure, Delap has so far failed to repeat his impressive Ipswich form, and is still a long way off earning a spot in Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s World Cup squad. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This could open the door for Ireland, should the 23-year-old desire to play international football immediately. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#English #Premier #League #striker #switch #international #allegiance #Ireland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;He looks like he is far away from England&#8217; Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has made a public approach for one of the most high-profile English strikers playing in the Premier League. The nation Hallgrimsson manages came agonisingly close to securing qualification for the 2026 World Cup last week, losing a play-off first leg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4785,2313,1418,1621,2609,785,1427,1420,1422,2467,3546],"class_list":{"0":"post-4657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-allegiance","9":"tag-english","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-international","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-league","14":"tag-premier","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-sport","17":"tag-striker","18":"tag-switch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}