Fastfeet2 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Glad to see he's from a football family. He's more likely to pursue a football career than your average 13 year old with natural ability. Also good to see mom and dad moved to England with him. Hopefully that will allow him to settle quick and just focus on his football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brethers8 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Glad to see there are more Canadians in Ipswich. I could start a club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) The kid is apparently doing well and the big boys are having a look. The headline is not about our not boy he's discussed a few paras in...and dad is on the payroll at ITFC. https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/33946/manchester-united-among-clubs-linked-with-youngster-crowe Edited July 15, 2018 by BCM Kadenge and Bertuzzi44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Arsenal has been sniffin for a while toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 38 minutes ago, jordan said: Arsenal has been sniffin for a while https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/981819/Arsenal-transfer-news-Gunners-in-talks-Ipswich-Town-Marcelo-Flores-rumours-gossip Report is also echoed in the Mirror, which is almost word for word the same although one picture caption says Mexican-Canadian in the Mirror version. Dislike the fact both articles consider him a Mexican starlet. :*( but like the fact they stole his quotes from this article after Ipswich signed him in January 2017 http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/chance-meeting-in-cayman-islands-resulted-in-ipswich-town-signing-canadian-wonderkid-marcelo-flores-1-4863207 Will be able to turn out for England if he stays another 5/6 there and gets residency wont he, just to complicate things? Has he ever turned out for any Canadian youth teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tg11 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Definitely see him playing for Mexico some day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namaste Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Marcelo Flores has joined Arsenal’s youth set-up. https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/34038 johnyb, Blackjack15, Oranje and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 7 hours ago, Namaste said: Marcelo Flores has joined Arsenal’s youth set-up. https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/34038 Jeez. The comments on the site about him defecting to Arsenal make this board seem quite tame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Doesn't look like he's going to wear a red Jersey unless someone knows something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 34 minutes ago, Ansem said: Doesn't look like he's going to wear a red Jersey unless someone knows something Of course he will... Oranje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 10 hours ago, Namaste said: Marcelo Flores has joined Arsenal’s youth set-up. https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/34038 As a fan of ITFC this is frustrating, but on the plus side getting several hundred thousand pounds-plus for young teenagers - most of whom will never or barely be pros - seems like good business. Flores is still so young he can't even enter the MNT discussion, but hopefully the coaches do stay in contact and keep an eye on him for the youth teams in the coming years. I recall his father being very pro-Canadian, but that could change if the son becomes a star and the old home country come knocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 On the positive side, they still refer to him as a Canadian...so there is still hope. Maybe if Ballou recommits, David has a break out year in Belgian and we have a good Gold Cup next year with Davies starring again, we can start attracting guys like this to commit to our youth sides especially as we have the World Cup coming in 8 years which would happen when he is 23. toontownman, Northvansteve and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Could be with England U16 right now? I can’t find a roster to confirm, but this suggests he’s either with England U16 or happened to be there. Parmar’s team is U13 Edited August 20, 2018 by jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, jordan said: Could be with England U16 right now? I can’t find a roster to confirm, but this suggests he’s either with England U16 or happened to be there I don't believe he's eligible for England, just Canada and Mexico. Him and his family have only been in England for a couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Yeah, the English FA would have to ask FIFA for an exemption and the fact that he's in England for footballing reasons disqualifies him. He'll have to wait until his 23rd bday (5 years after age 18) to play for England. edit: upon reflection, could Ipswich have offered the father a job knowing that was the only way Marcelo could sign for them? He was under 16, he couldn't legally sign for them unless his family moved for non-footballing reasons (the footballing reasons being his fathers reason and not Marcelo's). Is his mother of British heritage maybe? That's another option for him to be eligible. Edited August 20, 2018 by jpg75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 14 minutes ago, jpg75 said: Yeah, the English FA would have to ask FIFA for an exemption and the fact that he's in England for footballing reasons disqualifies him. He'll have to wait until his 23rd bday (5 years after age 18) to play for England. Then this is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I wonder why Mexico hasn’t given him a call to the U-15 & U-17 Teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 He can't play for England, ever. Remember the home nations agreement - they don't call up anyone without blood lines who is a football migrant. This is a longstanding policy and although the Scots and even the English have considered breaking it the rule has held firm. The reason is that the nationality is British - not English, Scottish, Welsh or N. Irish. Of course, if our boy has 5 years of education in England before turning 18 he would be eligible for England under this home national rule - but I do not think he moved to the UK at age 12. jpg75 and Blackjack15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protega Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 8/24/2018 at 1:54 AM, BCM1555362349 said: He can't play for England, ever. Remember the home nations agreement - they don't call up anyone without blood lines who is a football migrant. This is a longstanding policy and although the Scots and even the English have considered breaking it the rule has held firm. The reason is that the nationality is British - not English, Scottish, Welsh or N. Irish. Of course, if our boy has 5 years of education in England before turning 18 he would be eligible for England under this home national rule - but I do not think he moved to the UK at age 12. If that's the case, why would England waste their time inviting him to the U16 camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Protega said: If that's the case, why would England waste their time inviting him to the U16 camp? I think that's a misreading of the tweet - seems he was visiting with the Futuro boys (fellow Canadians) who were training with/watching the U16 England. I don't think he was training with the U16 England team. Equally, why would U16 England call up a player without citizenship? Even if that player may acquire it at a later date, they wouldn't do so. Unless of course, unbeknownst to all of us, he has held a British passport all along. Anyway, you can read about the home nations agreement online. I can't see how Marcelo will have five years of education in the UK BEFORE turning 18. He therefore wouldn't be eligible for England, unless he has the citizenship now. shamrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 48 minutes ago, BCM1555362349 said: Equally, why would U16 England call up a player without citizenship? Even if that player may acquire it at a later date, they wouldn't do so. Unless of course, unbeknownst to all of us, he has held a British passport all along. I alluded to this in my edit. He officially signed with Ipswich prior to age 16 so he either did so with a UK passport or Ipswich were able to sign him under the guise of him moving there for non-footballing reasons (ie. they argue that the family moved because the father moved for his job with Ipswich) BCM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 41 minutes ago, jpg75 said: I alluded to this in my edit. He officially signed with Ipswich prior to age 16 so he either did so with a UK passport or Ipswich were able to sign him under the guise of him moving there for non-footballing reasons (ie. they argue that the family moved because the father moved for his job with Ipswich) I suspect it was the latter (father's job). The reason being is that in none of the ITFC reports - including on the wonderful twtd.co.uk site - do they state or allude to the fact the kid is also British. If he were British, somewhere it would say so - press or club. I can't find it. jpg75 and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protega Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 13 hours ago, BCM1555362349 said: I think that's a misreading of the tweet - seems he was visiting with the Futuro boys (fellow Canadians) who were training with/watching the U16 England. I don't think he was training with the U16 England team. Equally, why would U16 England call up a player without citizenship? Even if that player may acquire it at a later date, they wouldn't do so. Unless of course, unbeknownst to all of us, he has held a British passport all along. Anyway, you can read about the home nations agreement online. I can't see how Marcelo will have five years of education in the UK BEFORE turning 18. He therefore wouldn't be eligible for England, unless he has the citizenship now. He wasn't there with the Futuro boys - he was there for the England U16 camp. Just a coincidence that they were there at the same time, and someone knew the dad and asked him to talk to the boys about his experience in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostknownunknown Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Protega said: He wasn't there with the Futuro boys - he was there for the England U16 camp. Just a coincidence that they were there at the same time, and someone knew the dad and asked him to talk to the boys about his experience in England. Can you confirm that he is eligible to play for England? Edited August 27, 2018 by ghostknownunknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 he was not in the u16 squad according to this tweet from England website... I know his sister has been called upto England..not sure how ghostknownunknown, jpg75 and BCM 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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