Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has dismissed claims he is set to switch allegiance to the Republic of Ireland. In a post on X, the Everton midfielder said the story was “just not true” and added that “England is always the dream.” The response came after a misinformation post on May 23 claimed he had told Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson he wanted to change allegiance, and that post was viewed more than 653,000 times.
Why Dewsbury-Hall wants England
Dewsbury-Hall did not leave much room for interpretation. “To play for England, for me, would be the biggest achievement of my career,” he said, and he added that a senior call-up has to be earned. “If I play well enough then I'll do it, but if I don't then I'm content because it's my fault, it's no-one else's.” That is a pretty direct way of shutting down speculation without making a song and dance about it.
The form case is there as well. He joined Everton from Chelsea for £25 million last August, made 31 appearances and scored 8 goals in the season cited, which is a career-high Premier League goal total for him. His season average rating was 7.13, while his most recent league outing at Tottenham brought a 6.5. He opened that recent run with a 7.2 rating and a goal at West Ham, then followed with a 7.3 against Sunderland and a 6.3 at Crystal Palace. That is not flawless form, but it is enough to keep the England conversation alive on merit rather than on hype.
The bigger point is simple. There may have been plenty of noise online, but Dewsbury-Hall has made his position clear, and he has done it from a season of regular football at Everton. If England comes, it will be because his performances keep stacking up, not because an internet rumour did the work for him.
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