Jamie Carragher’s son could swap national teams from England after being granted citizenship

JAMIE CARRAGHER'S lad could wantonness immoderate anticipation of playing for England aft a citizenship ruling.

James Carragher spent six years successful the Liverpool younker academy earlier leaving for Wigan Athletic successful 2017.

James, 22, could present not travel successful the footsteps of his begetter and play for England.

Carragher earned 38 caps for the Three Lions betwixt 1999 and 2010.

However, his lad could present swap his allegiance to Malta aft reportedly being granted citizenship to the country.

The Times of Malta person claimed that Carragher was archetypal granted citizenship owed to his Maltese parent and grandfather.

The defender has played 19 times for the Latics this play and would present beryllium eligible to play for Malta connected the planetary stage.

The Malta FA has antecedently confirmed that talks had taken spot with the footballing family.

President Bjorn Vassallo revealed that James is "open" to playing for Malta.

He said: "We’ve been successful talks with James and his begetter Jamie for the past fewer months now.

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"He [James] is unfastened to it, but we’re inactive moving connected it.

"We volition not shy from signing players internationally; everyone is doing it, truthful wherefore not us?"

James Carragher is proving to beryllium a utile subordinate astatine Wigan and was handed a caller declaration successful October.

He signed an hold that volition tally until 2027.

If helium does opt to correspond Malta and beryllium called up, helium could look successful qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Malta person been handed a tricky radical with pugnacious clashes against either Spain oregon Holland arsenic good arsenic Poland, Finland and Lithuania.