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The only way they'll ever not become minnows if popularity grows organically among the actual population, and they start to develop proper talent pathways. Maybe it wouldn't ever actually happen, but at least the possibility is there.
Having a national side made up entirely of pajeet migrants who don't give a shit about the country they're in means those countries will stay minnows forever. The local population won't care at all (why would they support a team full of random Indians who just so happen to live in their country), so you'll be permanently selecting a national side from however many thousand pajeets are in your country, instead of millions of people actually from your country