Atlantic Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 The guys at Canucks Abroad alerted me to a potential new dual national in Tom Holmes, Hoilett's Reading teammate. Holmes, a 21-year-old centre-back, told Canucks Abroad that his grandmother was born in Canada, which could enable him to represent Canada. https://www.transfermarkt.us/tom-holmes/profil/spieler/424900 johnyb, N1ckbr0wn, NVsoccer and 15 others 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1ckbr0wn Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Wow, huge if true. A 21 year old CB playing in the Championship would be huge for us if willing (or eligible) to commit. Corazon, costarg, Xavier. and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantic Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 Will also add that he is out of contract in the summer. He was funny enough linked to Nottingham Forest in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 He just turned 22 and has been a consistent starter in the Championship. I was looking through a Reading forum and their opinion of Holmes was that he was very good last year and they thought he would be a potential EPL player but definitely took a step back this year. The whole team has been bad though so hard to judge a young defender too harshly Xavier., toontownman, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I hope is eligibility is cleared up because we went through the same thing with Sondre and his grandmother. Although in his case the hang-up is whether she actually had citizenship through birth? toontownman, Dominic94 and Nate3322 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Second the clear this up immediately so we don't end up with a 15 page debacle like normal.. but where is the fun in that? 😆 Right sided CB that has played at RB. 24 appearances in the Championship this year. Would be a great compliment to Kennedy and Miller for giving us another younger option on the RCB side. If he is actually eligible I would be shocked if he wouldn't be interested. He has no history of being involved in England youth or probably mid-longterm pathway to getting to the England team. Could definitely be considered for the WC if he is eligible. Likely too good to be true! costarg, Nate3322, N1ckbr0wn and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 37 minutes ago, VinceA said: I hope is eligibility is cleared up because we went through the same thing with Sondre and his grandmother. Although in his case the hang-up is whether she actually had citizenship through birth? 25 minutes ago, toontownman said: Second the clear this up immediately so we don't end up with a 15 page debacle like normal.. but where is the fun in that? 😆 Surely a man by the name of Holmes has has done his detective work?!? 🧐🔍 - - - - His wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Holmes_(footballer) Reading's page with some stats: https://www.readingfc.co.uk/players/tom-holmes/ I think his Insta is tholmes.5 ( protected ) , at least that account is followed by Hoilett. Gian-Luca, VinceA, Edgewater17 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strait Red Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I saw a comment on a story in The Athletic regarding Holmes and forwarded it to Galindo for further investigation. Glad to see he dug into it. toontownman, canuckgbp, Xavier. and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Strait Red said: I saw a comment on a story in The Athletic regarding Holmes and forwarded it to Galindo for further investigation. Glad to see he dug into it. Legend. Link to the Athletic story? ( And if it's not from the story itself, can you copy-paste the comment? ) Edited March 15, 2022 by Olympique_de_Marseille Strait Red 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strait Red Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Just now, Olympique_de_Marseille said: Legend. Link to the Athletic story? https://theathletic.com/3171562/2022/03/09/canada-mens-national-team-top-prospects-dual-nationals-and-next-on-the-depth-chart/?source=user_shared_article Someone commented about Holmes, so I asked for a source. The poster didn’t answer so I put Detective Galindo on the case. 😂 Olympique_de_Marseille and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 This guy would start for us id think. N1ckbr0wn, Shway and Free kick 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 36 minutes ago, Strait Red said: Someone commented about Holmes, so I asked for a source. The poster didn’t answer so I put Detective Galindo on the case. 😂 You can't see the comments unless you pay for the Athletic. I'm fine with paying for articles, I'm NOT fine with paying for comments from other users. Can you post or screenshot the comment and the username of the person who posted it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Olympique_de_Marseille, johnyb and GasPed 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3322 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: You can't see the comments unless you pay for the Athletic. I'm fine with paying for articles, I'm NOT fine with paying for comments from other users. Can you post or screenshot the comment and the username of the person who posted it? Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Tajon has been underwhelming in Belgium? Addona, king1010, Shway and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBCS Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Macksam said: Tajon has been underwhelming in Belgium? Saw that too, I dont understand where that comes from. Watching the games everytime he has the ball hes super dangerous. dyslexic nam, Kadenge, Club Linesman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, Nate3322 said: Typo? What it meant to be Tom H. instead? Maybe it was Tom Holmes himself lol Olympique_de_Marseille, Strait Red, Mango and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdog Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Wow, I really hope he’s eligible. Adding a young Championship CB would be unreal. costarg and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Those of you on Twitter, tweet to the local journalists to do some investigative work for us on this matter: Berkshire Live's Jonathan Low jonathan.low@reachplc.com @jonathanl50 & Reading Chronicle's James Earnshaw james.earnshaw@newsquest.co.uk @james_e1871 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullback Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Can you even get Canadian citizenship through a grandparent? I want to say you can’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3322 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Fullback said: Can you even get Canadian citizenship through a grandparent? I want to say you can’t I checked and apparently you can't get citizenship through grandparents. "Can Canadian citizenship be inherited from a Canadian grandmother or grandfather? In most cases, no it cannot. In 2009, changes to the Citizenship Act eliminated inheritance of Canadian citizenship to the second generation of children born outside Canada." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantic Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Nate3322 said: I checked and apparently you can't get citizenship through grandparents. "Can Canadian citizenship be inherited from a Canadian grandmother or grandfather? In most cases, no it cannot. In 2009, changes to the Citizenship Act eliminated inheritance of Canadian citizenship to the second generation of children born outside Canada." Seems like there might not be full clarification on the rule because I found this: The Citizenship Act was recently changed in 2009 to limit that citizenship by descent to one generation – also known as the “first generation rule”. It is not retroactive. If you were born after 2009, you’re a Canadian if one parent is a Canadian citizen – but not if a grandparent was. If you were born prior to April 17th, 2009, you might be eligible for Citizenship by descent if one of your parents or grandparents are Canadian citizens. https://canadacitizenshiphelp.ca/2018/02/28/how-youre-entitled-to-canadian-citizenship-by-descent/ Nate3322 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3322 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Hmmm that's seems a bit more positive. I guess we'll have to wait and see hopefully he can get citizenship. We could really use another CB costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 @Nate3322 , @Atlantic is correct. The grandparent thing will work for us to recruit players until we get into players born after April 16th 2009. Those young players will be FIFA eligible but not actually Canadian citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I'm pretty sure Ugbo doesn't have a Canadian passport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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