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They have a name and a surname combined as a surname

That's good enough with the short surnames

Today there was Kryeziu at the bench for Torino 18yo playing for Kos U21 his brother 20yo plays for Lechia Gdanch and Slovenia U 21

Plako wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:29 am

Migjeni wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:38 pm Talking about names, who can explain why the f*** Rey Manaj is called Rey? - I only thought Puerto Ricans were called Rey.

In Albania there is a segment of the population that will name their kids whatever the popular telenovela protagonist is famous at the time.

In Albania? Watch when your kids come home with friends called "Daenerys" and "Tyrion".

Marvin Cuni is already in our setup and doing well on loan . Should also keep an eye on Meritan Shabani whos at Wolves recently come back from an ACL. Plenty of talent out there for sure

Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:44 pm In Albania? Watch when your kids come home with friends called "Daenerys" and "Tyrion".

Nah dude, it has to be jevgjit telenovelas, ideally Brazilian or Turkish.

https://www.transfermarkt.us/alessandro ... ler/407347

We gotta start a rumor that this kid is Arbereshe so Panorama will pick on it and then lead to a call up lol

artan wrote: Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:36 pm Some other players we should consider for the U21/NT:

Winger:
Zymer Bytqiqi, Winger, Viking
https://www.transfermarkt.com/zymer-byt ... ler/213555

Midfield:
Nedim Bajrami, Attacking Midfielder, Empoli
https://www.transfermarkt.com/nedim-baj ... ler/390177

Dardan Shabanhaxhaj, Attacking Midfielder, Sturm Graz (For the U21)
https://www.transfermarkt.com/dardan-sh ... ler/452464

Anis Mehmeti, Attacking Midifelder, Wycombe Wanderers (For the U21)
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/anis-me ... ler/530813

Kastriot Imeri, Defensive Midfiedler, Servette
https://www.transfermarkt.com/kastriot- ... ler/469957


There's obviously Mergim Berisha which is an obvious choice. Switzerland has a few talented players coming up like Banjaku or Hajdari in which we don't have a chance for. Same with Dajaku in Germany.

Let's be honest, that's a very underwhelming list to say the least.

On one side we bash players like Ramadani and Veseli and on the other side we are looking at players equally as bad(or worse) to replace them. lol

Might as well naturalize some decent Argentinians/Italians with potential Arberesh roots (like Candreva) if the desperation level is that high.

They kinda did it with Balliu though and he's not even good.

artan wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:12 pm https://www.transfermarkt.us/alessandro ... ler/407347

We gotta start a rumor that this kid is Arbereshe so Panorama will pick on it and then lead to a call up lol

Is he lol ?

Let's call up Australian Labor Party Leader Anthony Albanese too while we're at it.

Everyone with Albanese surname is of arberesh descendance.

“ Il cognome Albanese nacque come soprannome dato a persone di origine albanese, o perché venivano direttamente dall'Albania o perché originari delle colonie albanesi dell'Italia meridionale. Il cognome si diffuse nel periodo delle repubbliche marinare, quando, specialmente a Venezia, vennero arruolati soldati fra gli albanesi.”

The problem comes out if FIFA is satisfied of their 500+ years origin , i don’t think they’d let them switch. Btw that kid might not be better than Ramadani but at least it would make scoop in Italy :” Albania stealing our talents!”