'You can’t deceive people into playing these games, you cannot force them into that.' Martin O'Neill insists Jack Grealish and Declan Rice were always going to choose England over the Republic of Ireland ENG
He explained: “First of all, you can’t coerce players into becoming international players, he played in three friendly games at senior level, he was terrific in the games, it’s as simple as this: Declan Rice wanted to play for England.
“That was never going to be the case, you can’t deceive people into playing these games, you cannot force them into that.
“But then when you have to make a decision, that decision was made by Jack Grealish and his father, his father’s also English too, you might go back to heritage as well, but that’s what they wanted to do, and I’m not going to disavow them of that.”
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