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Real Madrid have in later years sold a lot of their less talented foreign players, which has resulted in a greatly reduced depth. In came Pavon, Raul Bravo, Mejia, Borja, Portillo, most of whom have flopped at the highest level. If you're talking about contemporary Roma, you'd be right. But...

So for roughly 20 years no foreign players at all? I would say for pure entertainment value, having the league open to foreign players for 20 years is worth so much more than winning a World Cup.

Home talent is already being taken care of in say Italy when they have the stupid rule about only signing one non-EU player per season. I like the game being international and having proper competition. Home talent will always break through if they're good enough.

Hate it. Not a fan of these policies to "protect" home talent, it's the club's choice whether they want to invest in foreign talent or home talent, as I think it should be. Juve have always had a policy to field many Italian players, Inter quite the opposite. In a free market place, the...