Tam Nsaliwa on Team 1040

[TT5]

Just saw a couple tweets from Tyler Green from Team 1040 in Vancouver saying he's has Tam Nsaliwa on his show tonight and potential return to the national team. Can he still play for Canada? or no? Or can he again?

https://twitter.com/#!/tylergreen104...54008344125441
https://twitter.com/#!/tylergreen104...54252649750528

[finchster]

No, he renounced his Canadian citizenship to obtain German. He cannot play for Canada

[A_Gagne]

CMNT return?... (a) thought that dude gave up his passport, and (b) sure a guy playing Danish D2, that's just what we need to sort out our midfield. AEK was a while back there buddy.

[adrenaline]

Interview recorded and uploaded here --> http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0...view.mp3_links

[nolando]

Can you summarize the interview for us? Getting the link seems unnecessarily convoluted.

[nolando]

So, is that a no?

[Smapti]

Here are the main points:

-Signed with Danish D1 club because they are in a good spot to be promoted to the Superliga and he just wanted to play. He turned them down last year but decided to join for the remainder of the season. Will sign longer term once promotion is confirmed.

-Agent contacted all 3 Canadian MLS teams but there was little interest due his lack of playing time.

-He gave up his citizenship at the time because he wanted a german passport would have helped his career. He started the process to get back his citizenship almost as soon as he gave it up. Attempted twice on his own but paperwork errors derailed the process so he hired a lawyer to try a third time. Feels it is tougher for him to get it back as opposed to JDG2 cause he immigrated and wasn't born in Canada. Hart is aware of the process. Would love to represent Canada internationally.

[nolando]

^ Thanks!! Much appreciated!!

[ThiKu]

The MLS teams didn't want him but they sign guys like Floyd Franks, Miguel Aceval and Greg Klazura (positional differences aside)? Gotta be a financial decision as well.

[zeelaw]

-He gave up his citizenship at the time because he wanted a german passport would have helped his career. He started the process to get back his citizenship almost as soon as he gave it up. Attempted twice on his own but paperwork errors derailed the process so he hired a lawyer to try a third time. Feels it is tougher for him to get it back as opposed to JDG2 cause he immigrated and wasn't born in Canada. Hart is aware of the process. Would love to represent Canada internationally.

I wonder with the growing success of MLS cases like this will now cease to exist for us.

... anyway, he showed what is more important to him. Didn't want to rep that bad.