Dave Hanratty
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You know, the sons and daughters of...
And so, in effect, there's a spillover.
They are, to use the factory terminology, they are processing so much young talent, lots of whom qualify to play for other countries, that it gets to 18, 19.
They can only use so many of them in the French team or the English team.
And suddenly there are these...
Moroccan qualified players who've had elite coaching in a way that maybe in a lot of African countries in particular or the poorer countries the infrastructure isn't there elite coaching right the way through they're looking to play international football and so these other countries are saying jeez
You have an Algerian father?
Brilliant.
Over you come, we'll take you.
And so there's a kind of levelling up.
You know, we haven't seen a lot of hammerings at this World Cup.
Morocco.
Morocco sticking to Brazil, but all 11 of their players from outside the country.
It's a very interesting kind of development.
And in part, it is the powerhouses of...
Europe developing so much talent and a lot of that talent qualifies for overseas teams.
The Kevin Cobain household.
Yeah.
We're Irish.
Irish jerseys, Irish music, yeah.