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There was a time when you could happily pick up you obscene Premier League pay packet and just sit back and play the occasional reserve match and maybe, just maybe, you’d get a seat on the bench for a midweek trip to the back of beyond. No longer.
New Premier League rules mean that a club must name a 25 man squad for the coming season, or at least until January, of that 25 eight must have at least eight ‘homegrown’ players and only players under 21 can be supplemented to that original complement of players.
This ruling means that Manchester City probably have to do something with about 20 of their squad and the likes of Owen Hargreaves may find that even if fit, unlikely, he will not get a game for Man United. Jonathan Woodgate is apparently struggling to make Harry Redknapp’s ‘roster’ and one imagines that a number of other clubs, except for Blackpool, will have to think long and hard about who to name in that initial 25 man squad.
So we ask you, are these new regulations a good or bad thing?
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anonymous - May 26th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
ANONYMOUS – the reason that such a high percentage of Americans play sport in America is because the rest of the world doesn’t play those sports!! Only Americans take American sport seriously!
Surely a better comparison would be with Spain where their national team was suffering so they invested heavily in coaches at all levels of the football and that culminated in them winning the world cup. Or look at Germany also, how many Germans are playing in Germany and how successful their national team is.
There is no doubt that the national team is suffering because of English players inability / unwillingness to move abroad and so many foreigners are playing in the Premiership. Where players like Wilshire might benefit from playing alongside talent like Nasri and Fabregas.
I still believe that more English players in the Premiership can only be good for the national game. I remember when all the best English players would end up playing for the top 1 or 2 clubs, this really helped the national team become a TEAM and not a group of individuals.
However, this ruling only encourages the top clubs to scout the best foreign talent before it gets over 18.