Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter believes he has every right to play for the Republic of Ireland despite being born in England.
The 27-year old qualifies through his grandparents, having won six caps for his adopted country since 2015.
And speaking ahead of Ireland's vital qualifiers against Georgia and Serbia, Arter says he feels more accepted in Republic set-up.
"When I was called up for the first time, I'd been at Bournemouth for seven years and coming to a new environment was different, let alone coming in with a group of players who had a different accent to me," Arter said.
"In an ideal world, a young lad grows up in Ireland, he comes through the ranks, through the Irish teams and plays for a local side and best case scenario, they move on to England or abroad and they do well and they get into the Irish senior side.
"If that was the case and there was an English-born player who had the same ability as him and the English player was picked ahead, I would see that as a little bit unfair.
"One thing I would say, though, is that I think as a country and as a management, they have got it spot on in the sense that they pick players in the end purely based on ability and if it is and an English-born player deserves to play, they play him."
Source: tribalfootball.com