18 year old AZ Alkmaar player linked with Man City Milan and Barcelona.

tallaghtmick

Adam Maher is being linked with the clubs after winning AZ Alkmaar's young player of the season,turns out this lad may want to represent Ireland!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Maher

Cross your fingers lads:D

Jelle1880

Eh ?

He's Dutch-Morrocan.

edit: lol @ that Wikipedia article

He has stated in the past however that it is his dream "to play for the boys in Green" in the form of the Republic of Ireland. It is believed that Maher qualifies to play for the Republic of Ireland through his Grandfather Seamus who hails from Cavan in north west Ireland, although this has yet to be confirmed.

Mars Bar

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Eh ?

He's Dutch-Morrocan.

His grandfather is Irish.

*according to that very very reliable Wiki entry...

cson

Won the Dutch League young MVP award.

Vanbis

We can still believe like we always do.

DDC1990

Ah lads :P

He was a member of the Netherlands squad for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In February 2012 Adam Maher was called at the preselection of the Dutch team by Bert van Marwijk He has stated in the past however that it is his dream "to play for the boys in Green" in the form of the Republic of Ireland. It is believed that Maher qualifies to play for the Republic of Ireland through his Grandfather Seamus who hails from Cavan in north west Ireland, although this has yet to be confirmed.

Own up, who was it! :P

Also Maher is an Arabic surname. He is Dutch-Maroccan like Affaley.

0% Irish. No Grandad from Cavan as far as I can see.

Jayob10

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Adam Maher is being linked with the clubs after winning AZ Alkmaar's young player of the season,turns out this lad may want to represent Ireland!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Maher

Cross your fingers lads:D

Someone has made some amendments to that Wiki page I think

He is only interested in playing for Holland the last time I heard, I don't think he even speaks English never mind a cupla focal

He is of moroccan heritage, and maher also happens to be a name in Arabic, Persian and Hindi believe it or not

Deadly young player, off to Ajax this summer I think.

everdead.ie

If he's good enough I'd be surprised if he doesn't play for the Holland, but then again McCarthy and McGeady both opted for Ireland over Scotland....

Hard to tell because Holland are such a good team he'd have a genuine oppertunity to win something.

It is also unconfirmed if his Grandad actually is Irish.

cson

Even if he was eligible, he'd be nuts to declare for us.

Jelle1880

Mars Bar wrote: »

His grandfather is Irish.

Some claim.

His father has a Moroccan name too.

cson

everdead.ie wrote: »

If he's good enough I'd be surprised if he doesn't play for the Holland, but then again McCarthy and McGeady both opted for Ireland over Scotland....

Paid off for them though [well McCarthy is unlucky and unfortunate with how things have panned out].

Mars Bar

Jelle1880 wrote: »

Some claim.

His father has a Moroccan name too.

I wonder do they pronounce it differently? He'll play for the Dutch I would imagine. Has been capped at U17's already...

everdead.ie

cson wrote: »

Paid off for them though [well McCarthy is unlucky and unfortunate with how things have panned out].

Ya I really hope his father is ok though horrible situation to be in.

elefant

everdead.ie wrote: »

If he's good enough I'd be surprised if he doesn't play for the Holland, but then again McCarthy and McGeady both opted for Ireland over Scotland....

Hard to tell because Holland are such a good team he'd have a genuine oppertunity to win something.

It is also unconfirmed if his Grandad actually is Irish.

:pac:

tallaghtmick

Ah balls robbed this from another forum scroll down to the last post on the first page,seems ive been duped:(

http://www.ybig.ie/forum/adam-maher_topic24488.html

Jelle1880

Mars Bar wrote: »

I wonder do they pronounce it differently? He'll play for the Dutch I would imagine. Has been capped at U17's already...

Maher is a normal name for North-African countries, not just Ireland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher

Could be that that's where the story about his grandfather came from.

G.K.

Now it says: 'What has been confirmed however is that Boards.ie user DDC1990 is a filthy liar and is not to believed. Ever.'

However, the original addition of the irish thing came from an editor whose only non-Adam Maher changes came to chaning some hurler's nickname to 'The Bollix'

Something tells me it isn't real.

Strongbow10

Jayob10 wrote: »

Someone has made some amendments to that Wiki page I think

He is only interested in playing for Holland the last time I heard, I don't think he even speaks English never mind a cupla focal

He is of moroccan heritage, and maher also happens to be a name in Arabic, Persian and Hindi believe it or not

Deadly young player, off to Ajax this summer I think.

I thought you were joking!

Nuri Sahin

He'll end up playing for the Dutch NT, and will be a starter for them in a few years time if not sooner. Fairly confident about that.