The impressive XI who could have played for England

England goalscorers Declan Rice and Jack Grealish were booed during Saturday's Nations League triumph successful Dublin implicit the Republic of Ireland - who they some utilized to correspond astatine planetary level.

Londoner Rice won 3 elder caps for the Republic and Birmingham's Grealish played for them up to under-21 level, earlier switching to the federation of their birth.

Republic fans were understandably frustrated astatine losing 2 players that would person been cardinal members of the team.

But what astir the players England mightiness person claimed but didn't? BBC Sport looks astatine a selection.

Kasper Schmeichel was calved successful Copenhagen but spent a batch of his puerility surviving successful England with begetter Peter playing successful the Premier League - chiefly for Manchester United.

In 2007, Peter said: "England is for English people, Kasper was calved Danish, each his household is Danish and determination is thing that tin marque him English."

Celtic's Kasper, 37, has won 106 caps for Denmark.

Aston Villa right-back Cash was calved successful Slough and has spent his full beingness successful England.

He ne'er got adjacent an England squad and astatine the property of 24 helium attained Polish citizenship done his parent and joined their nationalist team.

Cash has won 15 caps and counting for Poland.

Now retired Morgan was a spot of a precocious bloomer with the astir memorable spell of his vocation coming with Leicester City, wherever helium won the Premier League rubric astatine the property of 32.

Morgan, whose grandparents were from Jamaica, was already a regular successful their squad astatine that stage.

He won the past of his 30 caps months aft that 2016 rubric win.

Brentford centre-back Pinnock, 31, is simply a Londoner but has represented Jamaica, for whom helium qualifies done his father, since 2021.

His lone acquisition of playing for England was for their C side, a squad made up of non-league players, against Estonia Under-23s successful 2016.

Fulham left-back Robinson, 27, was calved successful Milton Keynes and raised successful Liverpool, but decided to correspond the United States instead. His begetter was calved successful England but was an American citizen, having grown up successful the US.

Robinson turned down the accidental to articulation up with an England Under-21 campy due to the fact that the US had "showed much religion successful me" having already capped him astatine Under-18 level. He has won 46 elder caps for the Americans.

With England struggling for left-back options astatine Euro 2024 and Robinson present an established Premier League player, helium is 1 who they mightiness consciousness got away.

Midfielder McTominay, who joined Napoli successful August from Manchester United, was calved successful Lancaster but has a Scottish begetter - truthful represents them instead.

The 27-year-old said helium had ever wanted to correspond Scotland, but did not play for immoderate state astatine younker level.

McTominay was approached by Gareth Southgate successful 2018 but chose Scotland and has won 53 caps.

Italy World Cup victor Perrotta was calved successful Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, with his parents moving a vino lodge successful the city.

But they moved backmost to Italy erstwhile helium was a kid and helium played for respective Serie A teams, including Juventus and Roma, earlier retiring successful 2013.

He played 48 times for Italy - including successful their 2006 World Cup triumph.

There is simply a statue adjacent non-league Curzon Ashton's crushed depicting the town's 3 World Cup winners, England's 1966 duo Geoff Hurst and Jimmy Armfield - and Perrotta.

Probably the astir frustrating nonaccomplishment connected this database for England is Bayern Munich attacking midfielder Musiala.

The 21-year-old, present considered 1 of the champion players successful the world, represented England from Under-15 to Under-21 level.

But the Stuttgart-born player, who was raised successful England, decided to correspond the onshore of his commencement astatine elder level.

He is simply a fixture successful the Germany team, with 35 caps to his name.

Bayer Leverkusen's Frimong, 23, was calved successful the Netherlands and of Ghanaian descent.

But the close wing-back oregon winger has spent much than fractional of his beingness successful the UK. His parents moved to England erstwhile helium was 7 and helium spent astir 10 years successful the Manchester City academy earlier playing for Celtic for 2 years.

He confirmed helium was eligible to play for England but felt Dutch, not English - and made his elder debut for the Oranje past year.

"My grandma is from England truthful I had the choice, but I’m from Wales and arrogant to beryllium so," said Bale, who went connected to beryllium 1 of Britain's top footballers and a five-time Champions League victor with Real Madrid.

Bale became Wales' astir capped subordinate and highest goalscorer with 41 strikes successful 111 games. He represented his state successful 3 of the 4 large tournaments they reached successful their history.

The erstwhile Tottenham subordinate retired aft the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar.

Manchester City striker Haaland, 24, was calved successful Leeds and would person been eligible to play for England had helium chosen to.

And it could person been precise antithetic had his begetter Alf-Inge, besides a City player, not had to discontinue astatine the property of 30. The household moved backmost to Norway erstwhile Erling was conscionable three.

"You ne'er cognize however it would beryllium if possibly my begetter played longer successful England, possibly I would beryllium English, I don't know," helium said.

"But yeah, I'm Norwegian and I'm arrogant of it."

Haaland has scored 31 goals successful 34 games for Norway.