England Need To Find Foreign Balance, Zola
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Arguably the Premiership's greatest ever import, Gianfranco Zola, has warned that England need to find the balance between the number of foreigners they have in their top flight of they'll continue to suffer at International level.
The former Chelsea legend explained: “In England the teams can buy players to take the level of the league up, but you have to find a balance.
"Bringing in too many foreign players is not always the right thing to do. The best years in Italian football were the end of the 1980s and the start of the 1990s as every year we had finalists in all the European competitions.
“One of the reasons is because we only were allowed three foreigners per team. They were the best in the world and it was a perfect balance because the core of the team was Italian.
“That is a very important thing to look after because that allows the young players to come through, as well as taking the levels up by having a few foreign players.”
He adde: “If you look at the Italian teams through history, the amount of pressure they carry is huge, but it brings the best out of them.
“I have to say that, in attitude, Italian teams could teach many other countries a lot of things, including England. England have talent, stature, the background and history, but I don’t understand why you don’t win with the national team. Sometimes I think that when you play, your players do not give it their best shot. I particularly think that was the case last summer at the World Cup.” -
wat zola say is quite true...
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yea.. the England team will not succeed if foreign players are taking over EPL.
English players that are nurtured from young are the best source of talent for the 3 Lions -
heh, but i think if the FA applies this 'Foreign Player Rule', the Premiership will lose its appeal and end up like the Serie A(yawn).
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but seems tt italian football is much better den the english..look at Champion League..wit 3 english team..ended up milan winning it..world cup too...italy seems to better in football den spain, england n etc in europe...Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:heh, but i think if the FA applies this 'Foreign Player Rule', the Premiership will lose its appeal and end up like the Serie A(yawn). -
true... it shouldnt even be called EPL
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foreign player rule just means players whose country is not in EU are affected ....you'll still find a lot of foreign players with dual nationalities and those that are in EU.Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:heh, but i think if the FA applies this 'Foreign Player Rule', the Premiership will lose its appeal and end up like the Serie A(yawn). -
then why spain also cannot achieve?
same problem i guess, but the spanish squad seems to have talents too. -
wasn't there a team who field no english players once in EPL game...
ain't that ironical?? -
I think you are referring to Arsenal? They once brought an entire non-English team to CL.Originally posted by FlipFlap:wasn't there a team who field no english players once in EPL game...
ain't that ironical?? -
Zola is a legend and a genius, everyone should listen to him.