Inter League (Association) Signings (1 Viewer)
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ehm i'm from holland and i was the first who said that cocu has joined psv some people don't think i'm reliable so here i got a link to photo's from cocu when he signed.
http://www.psv.nl/upload/58365_296_1086614718651-Cocu-presentatie3851.jpg
http://www.psv.nl/upload/58366_296_1086614718626-Cocu-presentatie3852.jpg
it's official cocu is a psv player
http://www.psv.nl/upload/58365_296_1086614718651-Cocu-presentatie3851.jpg
http://www.psv.nl/upload/58366_296_1086614718626-Cocu-presentatie3852.jpg
it's official cocu is a psv player
That's a bit premature, don't you think? The Russian league is good, but they don't have any teams that can compete in Europe, and they don't have a great youth developement system. Furthermore, the climate is not conducive to playing football for most of the year in most of the country. It will be hard and it will take time for them to develope into a top footballing nation. I think that Switzerland and Turkey have much more upside than Russia.
You have the right idea, Evelyn. As regards France vs Germany, Germany is certainly a buying league, over the past few years they have signed some of the better Argentine talent and they've always been very fond of Brazilian players. On the other hand, France has clubs just as good or better, probably run much worse than the German are. And that forces them into a position of being a selling league, hardly a year goes by when they aren't selling more than they're buying. Result wise it doesn't really matter all that much, because they have excellent youth training and get a lot of talent through smaller clubs or sign them from abroad, but never the hottest names (Ronaldinho was a great exception to prove the rule). But it does mean they can never be competitive financially with other big European clubs over a long period of time.
The trend would indicate that the Russian leauge is goign to sign more young talent from abroad in the future. That does not mean that they are going to surpass the Dutch League or the Portugese league.
When was the last time a Russian club won the Champion's League? How about for Portugal and Holland?
I did not forget about this academy, though I would not place it among the top ten it is a very good academy. However, one good academy does not make a whole league with good youth developement.
There is no doubt that the Russian league is on the way up, they have a long and difficult path to contention. And those players may have been persuaded to join Russian teams by the money offered to them rather than the potential of the league.
When was the last time a Russian club won the Champion's League? How about for Portugal and Holland?
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Come on This is Embarrasing
the SMENA Academy is arguably amongst the top10 in the world
Come on This is Embarrasing
the SMENA Academy is arguably amongst the top10 in the world
There is no doubt that the Russian league is on the way up, they have a long and difficult path to contention. And those players may have been persuaded to join Russian teams by the money offered to them rather than the potential of the league.