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Fulham told they have a player who would easily get into the England team now

Charles Jones

Fri 15 November 2024 16:45, UK

It’s been a long time since Fulham had an England international in their squad.

Since Bobby Zamora’s two caps in the early 2010s, Fulham haven’t had a single England international.

Marcus Bettinellඣi was called up back in 2018, but he was never cap🍸ped.

However, that could have been very different.

Indeed, Antonee R𝓡obinson has been one꧅ of the best players in the Premier League this season, and if he’d de𓃲clared for England instead of the USA, perhaps he would be a Three Lions regu꧙lar at this point.

Speaking on Call it What You Want, former USA international, Tony Meola has been discussing Robinson’s current ability and whether he’d getಞ into the England team now.

The pundit says that Robinson would definitely be in the England squa🥃d right now, going as far as to claim that he’s one of the world’s top 10 left-backs.

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Antonee Robinson is good enough for England

Meola made the case for the Fulham star getting into the England side🥂.

This comes after Robinson was l👍inked with a move to Liverpool recently.

“Do you thinꩲk he could walk into England’s team?” The host asked.

“Yeah I think he could play there ye𒁏ah, there’s no doubt about it. Look how he’s playing in the Premier League. We hear rumours about him everywhere. Thankfully he’s with us, but they would love to have a player like him getting up and down the left side,” Meola said.

“He’s improved so much over the l𝓀ast couple of years. There’s no doubt, I saw a discussion of if he’s a top 10 left-back in the world, and you can certainly make an argument about that, there’s no doubt about that.”

Was Antonee Robinson eligible for England?

This conversation is all well and gooꦏd, but was Robinson ever actually e♍ligible to play for England?

Robinson was in fact eligible to play for the💜 🌠Three Lions at one point.

Robinson was born in Milton Keynes, so he certainly could’ve played for Engl🌌and if he hadn’t declared his allegiance to the US.

Robinson instead deci꧅ded to play for the United States where his father grew up and eventually became a citizen.

England have called up both Lewis Hall and Rico Lewis as left-back options in♏ this squad, and, based on the stats, you’d say that Robinson is out-performing both of those players.

In another world, Robinson would be an England international, ending Fulham 13-year wait for one o💝f their ꧟players to receive a cap.