Premier League and ex-England Under-21s star, 29, set to switch international allegiance thanks to bizarre rule change

FORMER England younker planetary Matt Grimes is reportedly successful enactment to power planetary allegiance.

Grimes made 12 appearances for England's U20s and 4 much for the U21s successful the aboriginal stages of his career.

As things stand, players person lone been eligible to correspond 1 of the location nations if they oregon their parents oregon grandparents were calved there.

Alternatively, they tin if they've had 5 years of continuous acquisition up to the property of 18 successful that country.

However, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) is present lobbying England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to hold to a regularisation change.

The projected alteration would let players implicit the property of 18, who person been registered with a nine based successful 1 of the location nations for astatine slightest 5 years, to correspond that country.

FAW sources accidental it would align the location nations to the existent Fifa eligibility rules, BBC Sport has revealed.

Grimes near Swansea for Coventry City past period having spent 10 years with the Welsh side.

Under the FAW's projected regularisation change, it would marque him eligible to play for Wales.

Had the alteration been successful spot already, players specified arsenic Leon Britton would besides person been eligible to play for Wales.

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Cardiff midfielder Joe Ralls would besides beryllium escaped to play for Craig Bellamy's side.

But 1 of the main imaginable problems for FAW would beryllium the anticipation of Wales-qualified youngsters moving to clubs successful England, Scotland oregon Northern Ireland and subsequently wishing to play there.

Grimes spent the aboriginal stages of his vocation with Exeter earlier joining Swansea successful 2015.

He enjoyed indebtedness spells with Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Northampton Town during his 10 years astatine Swansea.

The midfielder has amassed 322 Championship appearances successful total.