http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32024808 FA chairman Greg Dyke has warned Premier League football is in danger of "having nothing to do with English people" as new proposals to limit the number of non-EU players are outlined by English football's governing body. The FA has also revealed plans to toughen the rules on home-grown talent in the latest proposals from its commission, which was set up in 2013 to improve the England team. The commission has also proposed changes to work permit rules having highlighted flaws in the system. The stricter work-permit rules, approved by the Home Office on Friday, will come into force from 1 May. Under the proposals outlined by the FA on Monday: A player will have to have been registered with his club from the age of 15 - down from 18 - to qualify as 'home-grown'. The minimum number of home-grown players in a club's first-team squad of 25 will increase from eight to 12, phased over four years from 2016. At least two home-grown players must also be 'club-trained' players - defined as any player, irrespective of nationality, that has been registered for three years at their club from the age of 15. Only the best non-EU foreign players will be granted permission to play in England.
I don't get this one. Why? How do you define "best?" Also, I think there should be a further limit on non-British European players, perhaps to a lesser degree than the limit on non-EU.
The last time the home grown rule came in, the price of British players rocketed. This will push the prices up even further as clubs scramble to meet the quotas, meaning fewer clubs can afford decent British talent. With them same clubs not being able to bring in foreigners either, the premier league will suffer drastically.
Not a problem for QPR, methinks. At least they are trying to do something. If you can't afford to buy British you have to have a decent development set up. If you can't do either, you'll find another level to play at.
Quite right. Only the richer clubs will benefit from this. Yet they are the only ones who can probably afford 'the best' foreign talent, so won't play the British players anyway.
I think this is the part that forces clubs to approach this from an academy prospective - you'd need a production line to ensure that, at any stage, 2 are worthy of a place in the squad (allowing for long term injuries or transfers out etc).
So it has taken the FA all these years to realise it was a mistake, not restricting foreign players. They remind me of the Labour and Conservative parties.
This is a ******ed idea from the FA as per. England and English players are not **** because of cheap imports, they're **** because they aren't coached properly. Under this rule we'd miss out on seeing some of the best players in the world develop here. Suarez wouldn't have been allowed in and he's probably the best player I've seen live at LR ever.
Something has to be done. Whether these specific proposals are the absolute answer I'm not so sure, but surely it has to help the England National side if there are more English players coming through at the top level? TV won't like it, but I do. I don't buy this "our players aren't good enough" mantra. I do agree that we have been light years behind when it comes to coaching, but I think we are slowly seeing the light in this regard.
Only the best non-EU foreign players will be granted permission to play in England. [/QUOTE] This is a big favour to large clubs. Smaller clubs should be able to scout talents and sell them at a profit. The regulation should limit even more the number of non-EU player you can field in each game.
