We've never really done that before, as in actually truly scout that market. And I doubt we ever truly will.
Anyone told you how annoying you are when you're right
Yeah, i know i'm daydreaming here, hoping that the new rule will stimulate our board and make them more active on the SA market.
But if one thinks through this logically, he'll see that it's a great chance to finally change this unpleasant history we have with the south american market.
The 2 non-EU spots open lots of possibilities and more security.
For example, last year we were after Ivanovic (at least reports said so). We could have bought him and fill our non-EU spot but if we did that and we registered him we would have lost all the chances to buy another non-EU from outside Italy (Diego etc).
That's why teams don't want to take any risks and they decide to wait, hoping to catch the bigger non-EU fish.
Milan were after Shevchenko and Pato but they could have bought only one of them. That's why they had to wait and risk missing out on both of them.
With 2 non-EU spots, teams can take bigger risks and buy one young, talented non-EU player, because there will be one more non-EU spot available.