FFA facing the war for the Fowler family

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However, AAP understands that the Football Association of Ireland is desperate to lock up the Fowler family and is in regular contact.

"I want to play for Australia, but obviously Ciara and Quivi have played for Ireland," says Mary to PAA

"And we all want to play together for the same country." [19659004] "Family is really important to me, it's important to us all."

"I'm not in any country, can not wait to make that decision right away, I only have 15 years, so we'll see. "

Playing at the Nations Tournament will not tie Mary to Australia as it is essentially a series of glorified friendly matches. However, the lure of a participation in the Women's World Cup next year – for which Ireland has failed to qualify – could influence their decision.

Several W-League clubs have offered contracts to Mary and Ciara. move to Europe, where Quivi will be based next season.

Quivi is considered a potential Soc ceroo and has signed for the Dutch second-rate club FC Dordrecht, after spending time in the youth club system Speed ​​Eredivisie.

The 19-year-old midfielder played for Wollongong in the NSW NPL this year. "He has not played senior football yet, but the boy is really talented," said Luke Cbaderly, the director of the FFA, at the AAP

"We hope to connect with him and see how he goes to Dordrecht

"We now have Ante Milicic based overseas who can easily get around and see him."

Cbaderly said that FFA would make their pitch to the Fowlers, just as they did it to Daniel Arzani as he aroused the interest of his native country Iran.

"We had a number of players who can play for several nations, and obviously we go through the same process with everyone – meet the players, their parents, their family, "he said

" If C is a player that really interests us, we do everything to explain why we believe that Australia is the best place to go.

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