The Crown Dependencies have a unique place in the structure of the British Isles – the King is head of state, but they have their own governments and are not part of the United Kingdom.

Jersey's attempts to join Uefa were thwarted in 2018 and the islands are seen as county football associations within the structure of the English Football Association.

For many years a Channel Island-born player could be eligible for any of the four home nations as they were British, but not specifically English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish.

In practise the rule was used very rarely – Guernsey's Ryan-Zico Black and Chris Tardif won youth caps for Northern Ireland around the turn of the millennium.

Osmond is the first in recent times to have used the rules to qualify at youth level for Wales.

All the Channel Islands' full internationals – Jersey's Graeme Le Saux and Maya and Matt Le Tissier from Guernsey – have gone on to play for England, which is seen as the natural place to play in islands that look directly north across the Channel for their football.

Currently Guernsey's Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott is...