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Watford captain Troy Deeney reveals Jamaica offers

Watford captain Troy Deeney admits he's had several offers to play for Jamaica.

While speaking to the Poet and Vuj podcast, he admitted he simply was not interested in representing the Caribbean nation.

"I turned down Jamaica because I've never been there," he said.

“I've got family that live there but it's never interested me. Why would I go there and play football and represent a country I've never been to?

“I thought about going there and doing it and if I did do it, every bit of money I got from it I would then put back into Jamaica.

“I wouldn't actually take any money because you're stealing from the land essentially. My nan and that live there, my uncles go out there all the time, but me personally, I have no interest to go there."

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