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Albania, with 15 points from eight games, are enjoying their best ever World Cup qualification campaign and their progress has been aided by the emergence of a young striker born in Slough and nurtured in Chelsea’s academy.
Armando Broja turned 20 in September. He was born in Berkshire to Albanian parents just five days after Sven Goran Eriksson’s England beat Albania 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Newcastle, with goals by Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen.
Armando Broja - born in Berkshire - will be the dangerman for England against Albania
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Broja has been cajoled into life on loan at Southampton this season with two goals in his last three appearances. ‘He’s a bit of a slow starter,’ said Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl. ‘You need to push him a little. The first two weeks I was looking for what he has to give and I didn’t see a lot, to be honest.
‘So I had some very serious conversations with him to tell him what I want to see
