{"id":293722,"date":"2023-11-11T23:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T23:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293722"},"modified":"2023-11-11T23:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T23:27:54","slug":"because-im-irish-evan-ferguson-shoots-down-england-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/because-im-irish-evan-ferguson-shoots-down-england-question\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Because I&apos;m Irish&apos;:\u00a0Evan Ferguson shoots down England question"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Evan Ferguson shoots down a question over whether the Brighton striker ever considered switching from the Republic of Ireland to play for England<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ferguson previously qualified to represent England through his mother Sarah\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The Brighton star has now made eight appearances\u00a0for the\u00a0Republic of Ireland\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the WORST Premier League hat-trick? &#8211; Find out on It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brighton star Evan Ferguson quickly dismissed suggestions he would have been tempted to switch from the Republic of Ireland to play for the England national team.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson made his Republic of Ireland debut in 2022 and has scored three goals in eight appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He is now ineligible to switch nations under FIFA rules, but previously qualified for England through his mother, Sarah.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson was asked in a talkSPORT interview about the prospect of representing England, responding &#8216;that&#8217;s never going to happen now&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>After then being asked by the interviewer why he was so committed to Ireland, Ferguson gave a quick response.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77678171-12737275-image-a-46_1699696138772.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Evan Ferguson has shot down suggestions he could have been tempted to play for England<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77678077-12737275-image-a-43_1699695433948.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Evan Ferguson has scored three times in eight appearances for the Republic of Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Because I&#8217;m Irish,&#8217; he replied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is nothing else to say, I have been asked that question a few times.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The question had received a backlash from Ireland fans, but journalist Alex Crook claimed it was a &#8216;tongue in cheek&#8217; comment after previous speculation over Ferguson would have switched.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Me asking Evan Ferguson, whose mum was born in England, if he was ever tempted to play for England has caused a bit of storm,&#8217; Crook wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a tongue in cheek question as has been a story in the press. He answered it brilliantly with a smile as he did every other question. Top guy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Ireland had previously missed out on Jack Grealish and Declan Rice, who have instead starred for England.<\/p>\n<p>Grealish had played at youth level for Ireland before deciding to switch to the Three Lions, while Rice feature three times at senior level in friendlies before changing allegiances.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Mail Sport&#8217;s Chris Sutton, Ferguson admitted there is pressure to perform as he seeks to lead Ireland to a first major tournament since Euro 2016.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77678105-12737275-image-a-44_1699695605165.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice played three times in friendlies for the Republic of Ireland before declaring for England<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/09\/77646065-12737275-Irish_international_Evan_Ferguson_has_signed_a_new_deal_to_stay_-a-47_1699696193111.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The teenage striker has also committed his future to Brighton after signing a new contract\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There is, to a certain extent,\u2019 Ferguson said. \u2018You can see where the fans are coming from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you see someone come to England and do well, they expect you to go back to Ireland and produce the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is a little. But I wouldn\u2019t say it affects me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old, who has drawn comparisons to Alan Shearer\u00a0amid his meteoric rise, committed his club future to Brighton this week.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson signed a new contract that ties him down to the Sussex club until 2029.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12737275\/Evan-Ferguson-Brighton-Republic-Ireland-England.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Ferguson shoots down a question over whether the Brighton striker ever considered switching from the Republic of Ireland to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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