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Discussion To limit or not limit foreigners in a league?, to help the national team
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alien2003
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 Nov 15 2007, 05:06 PM
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True. They can't really put all the blames on "too many foreigners in the league" regarding the national team's performance. Let's use England for example. Their recent starting lineup: Robinson (TOT)
Richard (MAC) - Ferdinand (MU) - Terry (CHE) - A.Cole (CHE)
SWP (CHE) - Gerrard (LIV) - Barry (AST) - J.Cole (CHE)
Rooney (MU) - Owen (NEW) All their starting 11 are the key/core players for their respective clubs and playing week in week out even with foreign players in their respective clubs. Yet they failed to perform up to their usual standard when playing for their country. It also depends on the young English players whether they are good enough to break into the first team & whether they are given the chance to do so, if they indeed are good enough. If they are not good enough then even without foreign imports, they still not going to make it. Plus playing alongside players like C.Ronaldo/Kaka/Drogba/etc will only improve their skills/game play/etc. This post has been edited by alien2003: Nov 15 2007, 05:07 PM |
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alien2003
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 Nov 15 2007, 06:00 PM
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Gerrard joins foreign quota callsQUOTE Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard has backed calls for the introduction of quotas on foreign players in Premier League teams.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Reading's Steve Coppell have spoken out in favour of Fifa president Sepp Blatter's plan.
The England midfielder told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Something has to happen.
"I'm all for there being a rule change to make sure we continue to have one of the best national teams."
Gerrard's club could suffer more than most if the number of overseas players allowed is capped.
Jamie Carragher is the only other Englishman to play in Rafael Benitez's team on a regular basis.
But Gerrard said: "If something isn't done, there will be more and more foreigners and they will take over and that is worrying.
"I think there's a concern that talent will eventually stop coming through if foreigners do take over our league.
"We are proud to say that we have one of the best leagues in the world but the most important thing is that have one of best national teams as well."
Coppell told BBC 5 Live on Tuesday the structure of English football was "a recipe for non-success at international level".
Blatter wants all European teams to be subject to a quota on foreign players. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7094812.stm
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