Millwall soccer club's Tim Cahill will consider legal action against Fifa if the world governing body fails to overturn a ruling which stops him representing Ireland.
The Australian-born midfielder, who has an English father, a Samoan mother and Irish and Scottish grandparents, wants to play for Mick McCarthy's Ireland team at this summer's World Cup.
Fifa insists he cannot represent another nation after playing for Western Samoa in two under-20 World Cup qualifying matches when he was 14.
Soccer: Player ponders legal action against Fifa
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