Good Idea? or bad idea? wondering about the point of view for Juve fans, I am 50-50, we all know that alot of greatly talented footballers are from South America, which means alot of Brazilians and Argentinians will never play European football again. Other then that I am happy, as the two clubs I suppose (Roma and Man United) have more Italian or English/British players in it than all of the other clubs in there respective leagues. For example against Inter, we started with: Pellizolli, Panucci, Ferrari, De Rossi, Perrota, Cassano, Totti and Montella. But, this could be bad news for teams like Inter, who had only 1 italian starter (Toldo). Other clubs: like Juve, Inter, Milan etc etc in Italy, and teams like Liverpool, Newcastle, Arsenal and Chelsea will find it very difficult, to suvive, and again as Roma's youth team right now is brimming with Italian talent, I am 70-30 about making this law!
Johansson to talk with EU about restricting "foreign invasion"
MADRID, Spain (AP) – UEFA president Lennart Johansson will hold talks with the European Union about ensuring soccer teams include at least seven or eight national players in their squads, news reports said Tuesday.
Johansson said during a visit to Madrid on Monday that UEFA has drawn up a plan which is intended to protect youth-team players and national teams from “the foreign invasion.”
“Many clubs, due to the large numbers of foreign players in their squads, have lost their identity. Besides, young players are seeing their opportunities reduced,” Johansson was quoted as saying by national newspaper El Pais on Tuesday.
“Increasingly more people share my opinion. But it has to be set down in European law.”
Europe’s top teams regularly contain a majority of players from other EU countries and further afield.
Defender Sol Campbell was the only English player in Arsenal’s starting lineup against Charlton Athletic on Saturday, while FC Barcelona included just three Spanish players against Numancia the following day.
Johansson, who was in Madrid with UEFA chief executive Lars Christer Olsson to hold talks with Spanish federation president Angel Maria Villar, also repeated his call for Europe’s top leagues to comprise a maximum of 18 teams.
The Spanish, English, Italian and French leagues, which all have 20, are believed to oppose the move.
“Players from important clubs play the league, the Cup, the Champions League, European championships, World Cups, friendlies. In total, some 90 games a season. The burden is too big,” Johansson said.
Johansson to talk with EU about restricting "foreign invasion"
MADRID, Spain (AP) – UEFA president Lennart Johansson will hold talks with the European Union about ensuring soccer teams include at least seven or eight national players in their squads, news reports said Tuesday.
Johansson said during a visit to Madrid on Monday that UEFA has drawn up a plan which is intended to protect youth-team players and national teams from “the foreign invasion.”
“Many clubs, due to the large numbers of foreign players in their squads, have lost their identity. Besides, young players are seeing their opportunities reduced,” Johansson was quoted as saying by national newspaper El Pais on Tuesday.
“Increasingly more people share my opinion. But it has to be set down in European law.”
Europe’s top teams regularly contain a majority of players from other EU countries and further afield.
Defender Sol Campbell was the only English player in Arsenal’s starting lineup against Charlton Athletic on Saturday, while FC Barcelona included just three Spanish players against Numancia the following day.
Johansson, who was in Madrid with UEFA chief executive Lars Christer Olsson to hold talks with Spanish federation president Angel Maria Villar, also repeated his call for Europe’s top leagues to comprise a maximum of 18 teams.
The Spanish, English, Italian and French leagues, which all have 20, are believed to oppose the move.
“Players from important clubs play the league, the Cup, the Champions League, European championships, World Cups, friendlies. In total, some 90 games a season. The burden is too big,” Johansson said.
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