Scisca said:
Barozi said:
1. none of them is 100% Polish or else they couldn't play for another country
2. The region they were born used to be part of Germany
3. They have German ancestors (Podolski's grandparents, Trochowski's grandparents, Klose's father)
4. They were raised in Germany (Podolski and Trochowski more than Klose)
5. All of them starting playing football in Germany
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1. Absolutely not true. Pretty much everyone has double nationality in that part of Poland, be they mixed or not. Moreover, you can get German nationality after 6 years of living in Germany, you don't need any connection to the country or nation.
2. This region used to be a part of Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, France and Russia - doesn't change much :P
3. While Klose probably does (it is a German name after all), Trochowski is purely Slavic and his grandparents only were German from the legal point of view, I believe the same is true for Podolski. Don't know about Trochowski, but Podolski isn't hiding the fact that he feels Polish. Klose prefers to be considered German though.
4. Doesn't matter.
5. Doesn't matter :P
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This confirms that you have no idea what you're talking about.
No one needs a connection to Poland or Germany to get citizenship rights in these countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_nationality_law
Tons of countries have that.
6 years is wrong, it's 8 when you earn the right to get German citizenship.
In this case completely irrelevant as all people who have German ancestory in Eastern Europe (due to the re-allocation of previous German parts after the war) automatically earn German citizenship when they move to Germany.
The legal point of view is what counts.
Being raised here means being integrated and accepting and living (at least partially) the German mentality.
The final point is why we even have this discussion. You even admitted that the Polish youth system or at least scouting system didn't do much, so if they stayed in Poland there's no guarantee that they would've been even half as good as they are now.
Anyway back to my main point. They aren't 100% Polish and that's a fact.
