{"id":5082,"date":"2026-04-21T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:30:39","slug":"england-player-may-switch-allegience-to-three-lions-world-cup-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5082","title":{"rendered":"England player may switch allegience to Three Lions\u2019 World Cup opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>There has been &#8216;movement in the last 48 hours.&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>A full England international could switch his national allegiance, in order to appear at the upcoming 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side are now just months away from the beginning of the North American World Cup, where the Three Lions are be expected to be amongst the favourites to win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Considering the pressure on the current side to win their first trophy in more than six decades, it is likely that several previously capped players will miss out when Tuchel names his final squad for the upcoming tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Following on from a flawless qualifying campaign, in which England won every single match, the 1966 champions were placed into the highest seeded pot, and handed a favourable set of opponents in the group stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As was confirmed at last December&#8217;s grand draw, England are set to play Ghana, Croatia, and Panama in the first round of the upcoming tournament. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Remarkably, one England forward who is currently viewed as unlikely to make Tuchel\u2019s final squad, has reportedly been offered the chance to switch international allegiance and represent one of the nation\u2019s group-stage opponents at the World Cup instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p><strong>Best UK betting offers right now &#8211; 18+, BeGambleAware<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><oc-connect-widget slot-id=\"97dDCX3NiPvxFMRHGvaDS\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>According to journalist Rahman Osman, Ghana have approached Nottingham Forest forward Callum Hudson-Odoi to play for them at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The move could make sense, given that the West African nation has recently appointed a new manager. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Former Real Madrid head coach Carlos Queiroz is likely to be assessing potential additions as he looks to strengthen his squad ahead of the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Hudson-Odoi has represented the Three Lions on three occasions, but is also eligible to play for Ghana through his father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>With the player&#8217;s last England cap having come during qualification for EURO 2020, Hudson-Odoi is unlikley to make a late entry into England&#8217;s World Cup squad, and his best chance of appearing at the tournament could rest with a switch to Ghana. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It now remains to be seen how talks between the player and the Ghanian football federation progress between now and the tournament&#8217;s beginning. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#England #player #switch #allegience #Lions #World #Cup #opponents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been &#8216;movement in the last 48 hours.&#8217; A full England international could switch his national allegiance, in order to appear at the upcoming 2026 World Cup. Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side are now just months away from the beginning of the North American World Cup, where the Three Lions are be expected to be amongst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5270,1463,1493,1418,4468,3131,1396,1422,3546,135,1679],"class_list":{"0":"post-5082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-allegience","9":"tag-cup","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-lions","13":"tag-opponents","14":"tag-player","15":"tag-sport","16":"tag-switch","17":"tag-world","18":"tag-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082","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=5082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}