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Originally posted by Kulixs
No they wont because like it said, in 2008 4 will have to be from the teams own academy. And 4 have to be from there own country. Great idea, Chelsea will have to start investing in youth development now. Where as man utd alreeady have that
may be they spend money to put some noobs into the academy. you knows, money does make things easy
Nikos Mihalakos
Reserve Team
yup, ineed that is true
RuiCosta_10
Starting XI
Exactly, "Mas mais vale tarde do que nunca"
Great descision!
Master Kush
Youth Team
I think this is bad idea because it will just make all the youth stealing that's been going around (ahem arsenal, Man U..) even worse. Also, players will be scouted even younger and more examples of Jean Carlos will pop up.
The idea of having 4 homegrown (ie within the nation) players aint a bad idea. I just don't like the youth academy part.
The idea of having 4 homegrown (ie within the nation) players aint a bad idea. I just don't like the youth academy part.
Re: Uefa sets foreign player limits
Of those 11, 3 are foreign, the rest are all Dutch. That BBC article is wrong.
Oh, and good rule
Maarten Stekelenburg, Nigel de Jong, John O'Brien, Johnny Heitinga, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Ryan Babel, Daniël de Ridder, Anthony Obodai and Stanley Aborah are currently in the first squad and are from the Ajax academy
Of those 11, 3 are foreign, the rest are all Dutch. That BBC article is wrong.
Oh, and good rule
I dont like it, bad idea 
No you don't get it.
If a player isn't good enough, get another player who IS good enough.
If you look back 10 or 15 years ago, EPL squads were made up of mostly Englishmen. Now they're made up of all kinds of different people, from different countries.
Don't you see WHY they are doing this?
Think about the REASON why they are implementing this rule.
When Arsenal plays Milan in CL, there should be a feeling of "this is an English club against an Italian club". If none of the Arsenal players are English and none of the Milan players are Italian, you LOSE THIS FEELING and it takes away from the culture of the game.
Globalization is good for football, but if it goes to far you lose a lot of the beautiful tradition that goes with it.
Another consequence of this rule is that it will somewhat limit BIG teams (ie. Chelsea) from going out and buying players. They will be forced (somewhat) to bring players up through their own youth systems. How is this a BAD thing??? It's a great move for football.
If all the teams are playing by the same rules, it's hardly unfair.
And think about it, it's only 8 out of 25 players--one third. That's not an unreasonable rule.
I don't know about you guys, but I like it when my club has homegrown players. And I'm talking about every sport, not only football. Please tell me, what is wrong with having a few players from your own town, city, country???
Define homegrown player?
The nationality of the player is irrelevant as this has been the way around which they have circumvented EU freedom of movement rules. Yet here is UEFA contradicting themselves again.
Lampard, Bridge, Johnson and Cole even before looking at Terry, Pidgeley, Huth, Duff, Parker, Watt and Forssell should all qualify because of the freedom the EU allows within the rules.
The nationality of the player is irrelevant as this has been the way around which they have circumvented EU freedom of movement rules. Yet here is UEFA contradicting themselves again.
Lampard, Bridge, Johnson and Cole even before looking at Terry, Pidgeley, Huth, Duff, Parker, Watt and Forssell should all qualify because of the freedom the EU allows within the rules.
Master Kush.
Players like Jean Carlos are ALREADY BEING SCOUTED AT A YOUNG AGE.
Recruiting young players is already a VERY competitive practice. I can't see it getting any worse.
The rule is not asking a lot.
Most teams ALREADY have a few players on their squad that were brought up in their youth academies. So it's not a problem at all for the majority of clubs. And for the few that don't have enough young players from their youth academy... well, they should. And making them improve (SLIGHTLY) their youth academy scouting is NOT a bad thing. It will force clubs like Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. to make sure their youth scouting remains strong and that they don't solve all their problems with MONEY. It will keep the game more competitive for the smaller teams and will help to maintain some feeling of nationalism and pride towards home-grown talent.
Remember guys, this is NOT a RADICAL change.
It is a SLIGHT change that will not really even effect MOST clubs.
I think it is a 100% good move by UEFA. Congratulations to UEFA.
