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 complete nan Republic of Ireland - who they some utilized to correspond astatine world level.

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

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

But what astir nan 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 pinch begetter Peter playing successful nan Premier League - chiefly for Manchester United.

In 2007, Peter said: "England is for English people, Kasper was calved Danish, each his family is Danish and location is thing that tin make 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 life successful England.

He ne'er sewage adjacent an England squad and astatine nan property of 24 he attained Polish citizenship done his mother and joined their nationalist team.

Cash has won 15 caps and counting for Poland.

Now retired Morgan was a spot of a precocious bloomer pinch nan astir memorable spell of his profession coming pinch Leicester City, wherever he won nan Premier League title astatine nan property of 32.

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

He won nan past of his 30 caps months aft that 2016 title win.

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

His only 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 nan United States instead. His begetter was calved successful England but was an American citizen, having grown up successful nan US.

Robinson turned down nan chance to subordinate up pinch an England Under-21 campy because nan US had "showed much religion successful me" having already capped him astatine Under-18 level. He has won 46 elder caps for nan Americans.

With England struggling for left-back options astatine Euro 2024 and Robinson now an established Premier League player, he is 1 who they mightiness consciousness sewage 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 he 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, pinch his parents moving a vino lodge successful nan city.

But they moved backmost to Italy erstwhile he was a kid and he 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 nan town's 3 World Cup winners, England's 1966 duo Geoff Hurst and Jimmy Armfield - and Perrotta.

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

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

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

He is simply a fixture successful nan Germany team, pinch 35 caps to his name.

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

But nan correct wing-back aliases winger has spent much than half of his life successful nan UK. His parents moved to England erstwhile he was 7 and he spent almost 10 years successful nan Manchester City academy earlier playing for Celtic for 2 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Haaland has scored 31 goals successful 34 games for Norway.