Thrace Turks

[morbidmind]

I support Skoda Xanthi in Greece, and I've noticed that a large proportion of players in their squad are Thrace Turks. They also have a brilliant player from Turkey called Deniz Baikara. I heard that the Greeks want him to receive Greek nationality and play for their national team. How would you Greek feel if someone of Turkish origin was playing??

[PAO_HELLAS]

Deniz Baykara is still young and I think he will be a great player in the future.

[Gennadios]

I wouldn't mind a Turk, aside from all the historical rivalry we have, he should be able to play for Greece if he wants to and if we allow him.

Another non-Greek that might be able to play for Greece is Uruguayan AM/F Nery Alberto Castillo, he has been in Greece since he was 16 and he wants to receive Greek citizenship and status, and also wants to play for the NT, he believes that he may be Uruguayan by birth, he is Greek by heart. Very good player too, strong left foot =)

[morbidmind]

Sonofabitch scored a nice goal against Cimbom. Personally I feel sorry for him going to Olympiakos. I wish he'd been able to go to Man United. They would've utilized his talent more efficiently. Greece has a pretty strong league but they're not always good at developing promising players. What about that Derek Boateng guy. Where is he now? He was so good for his age and now he's playing for some shitty scandinavian team or something.

[bitsakos]

Originally Posted by morbidmind

I support Skoda Xanthi in Greece, and I've noticed that a large proportion of players in their squad are Thrace Turks. They also have a brilliant player from Turkey called Deniz Baikara. I heard that the Greeks want him to receive Greek nationality and play for their national team. How would you Greek feel if someone of Turkish origin was playing??

It's all good
...as long as the mother can play ball