F17-year-old football player Erblin Osmani, born in Munich and formed at the Bayern Munichu Academy, recently debuted with Kosovo’s representative.
Osman had previously represented Germany in the new age groups, but has already chosen to play for his country of origin.
So writes large sports mediaGoal. comIn the article entitled German Is in Trouble! A new transfer show is becoming more and more heated, and it mentions Germany’s national trouble in running out of dual citizenship talents, Klankosova.tv broadcasts.
This medium writes that the representative’s choice of a young football player is usually a matter of feeling and belonging, but also of the way federations come into contact with new talents.
Such cases are also highlighted in the weaknesses of the German Football Federation ( The DFB, while federations of other countries are increasingly being organised in identifying and approaching double citizenship footballers living in Germany.
In particular, federations of countries with large immigrant communities in Germany are developing organized research on new talents from those countries.
His concern over the situation has also been expressed by Jochen Sauer, director of the Youth Development Sector of Bayern Munichu.
Mes federations already have competition, and we must urgently face this reality, Sauer has declared in an interview with SPOX media.
The foreign federations operating in Germany are trying to identify footballers with dual citizenship as early as possible and establish an emotional bond with them. One example is the Kosovo Football Federation ( FFK), which, according to RH, regularly organizes talent surveillance camps near Frankfurt.
Goal says Kosovo also has a German coach at the head of the representative, Franco Foda, who recently managed to convince Osman to change the representative.
In September, Osmani debuted with Kosovo, becoming the youngest football player to have worn the representative’s lantern in its history.
Even at Bayern Munichu, he holds a special place in club history, as he is the third most young player to have played for the bavarez team after Pavic and Wanner.
