“We’re currently checking whether there’s a possibility of coaching compensation when players switch national associations,” Rettig said
Germany have long seen players with one or two parents born abroad opt to represent their country of their roots
BERLIN: The German soccer federation (DFB) want compensation when players opt to represent other countries after representing Germany at youth levels.
“It simply makes no sense to me why a player who has been coached primarily at his club for five years but also by the federation as a junior partner should be able to switch national associations for free,” DFB managing director Andreas Rettig told news agency dpa on Tuesday.
German-born Juventus star Kenan Yıldız is a Turkish international, having played for Turkiye’s youth teams. Eintracht Frankfurt forward Can Uzun also turned down Germany in favor of Turkiye.
Former Hertha Berlin forward Ibrahim Maza, now playing for Bayer Leverkusen, plays for Algeria after appearing for Germany at youth levels.
German youth internationals Muhammed Damar and Nicolò Tresoldi are reportedly being courted by Turkiye and Italy, respectively, and the Frankfurter Rundschau daily newspaper reported on Sunday that Nuremberg defender Fabio Gruber has chosen to represent Peru.
“We’re currently checking whether there’s a possibility of coaching compensation when players switch national associations,” Rettig said. “This issue has not yet been addressed extensively.
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