Blatter to step up Euro quota bid
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter has told the BBC he is ready to challenge the European Union to get a quota on foreign players within European teams.
Blatter made his comments in response to an NOP poll of football fans for BBC1's Football Focus.
He wants clubs to be limited to five foreigners in their starting XI to allow homegrown talent to flourish.
The proposal contravenes EU law but Blatter says football needs to act and says a reduction "is a good solution".
The 71-year-old Swiss argues that football deserves special treatment because it is not like any other job.
"Workers in Europe can circulate freely but footballers are not workers," he said.
"You cannot consider a footballer like any normal worker because you need 11 to play a match - and they are more artists than workers." -
i think liddat EPL gone case liao
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EPL gone case liao. Arsenal hit the most.
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If Blatter's quota were to come through...
Probable Lineups
Man Utd: Ben Foster, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Owen Hargreaves, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney
Chelsea: Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho, Paolo Ferreira, Joe Cole, Sean Wright-Phillips, Steve Sidwell, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Andriy Shevchenko
Arsenal: Jens Lehmann, Justin Hoyte, Paul Rodgers, Matthew Connolly, William Gallas, Kieran Gibbs, Cesc Fabregas, Mark Randall, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor
Liverpool: Scott Carson, Steve Finnan, Jack Hobbs, Jamie Carragher, Dan Agger, Fabio Aurelio, Jermain Pennant, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Peter Crouch, Fernando Torres
Spurs: Paul Robinson, Gareth Bale, Ledley King, Michael Dawson, Pascal Chimbonda, Steed Malbranque, Jermaine Jenas, Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon, Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane -
arsenal sure jialat..
liverpool also almost jialat..
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Wenger blasts Blatter quota plan
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned Sepp Blatter's plans to impose limits on foreign players would "kill" the English Premier League.
French coach Wenger has often been criticised for a lack of home-grown talent in his first-choice team - with not one British-born player in the squad for Arsenal's last Premier League game at West Ham.
England Under-21 winger Theo Walcott has had to mostly make do with warming the bench when he has been involved - making just five appearances this season.
Wenger maintains he never looks at passports, only talent and believes the English game would be much poorer were that to change.
"It would kill the Premier League at the moment for being the best league in the world, certainly," declared the Arsenal manager.
"Why? Because you can see a massive reduction in the quality. If you have the choice between 200 million players or 50 million players, it is less good.
"It is as simple as that.
"It will protect the bad players, or those who are not good enough.
"Also, if the best English players play with the best world-class players, then they will be even better and develop quicker." -
if this rule really apply, it will cause a hugh impact to BPL n other clubs. many foreigners will have to send back and loved one will be separated. again blatter always come up wif stupid idea.
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Chelsea and Manchester united still look quite a decent team even with the Quota
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fug Blatter and his s.t.u.p.i.d idea..
merely a vent on blatter.. -
That sexist blatter shud quit while he can before he ruins the beautiful game anymore further..
"women footballers shud wear tighter and shorter shorts"? wat the hell was he thinking?? -
K la Man Utd's sqaud is very much intact
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This Blatter's quota plan has been going around for quite sometime already... I belief this will happen in a few yrs time or sooner as Blatter will still be in charge of Fifa for another few years... and now having got rid of the guy that always oppose him Lennart Johansson and replace with his own boy Michel Platini as Uefa president... He seem to have strengthen his voice if both Fifa & Uefa agree on it.
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Blatter with his nonsense again.
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Of course lah... Fergie probably thought that this Blatter's plan can eventually become a reality not too long from now that's why he has been buying English players year after year... This season Hargreaves, last season Carrick, The year before Ben Foster and Rooney... and they still have Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Brown, Eagles to count on... Arsenal and Wenger will be the biggest loser if this becomes a necessity as the Gunners hardly got one Englishman on their first team... That is why its little wonder that it is Wenger who is making all the noise...Originally posted by lpx88:K la Man Utd's sqaud is very much intact -
Still..it's bad for the EPL i think..Originally posted by zocoss:Of course lah... Fergie probably thought that this Blatter's plan can eventually become a reality not too long from now that's why he has been buying English players year after year... This season Hargreaves, last season Carrick, The year before Ben Foster and Rooney... and they still have Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Brown, Eagles to count on... Arsenal and Wenger will be the biggest loser if this becomes a necessity as the Gunners hardly got one Englishman on their first team... That is why its little wonder that it is Wenger who is making all the noise... -
oh no... guess it's better wenger start recruiting englishmen this january transfer market.Originally posted by turbo_drift:fug Blatter and his s.t.u.p.i.d idea..
merely a vent on blatter..
however even wif 70 millions pound, it is extremely difficult to get good players since most of us know english players r over-rated n costier than foreigners. -
maybe not. might even be good in that it might even the playing field more with the other teams being able to get hold of the players that are in first team of the top clubs now.Originally posted by lpx88:Still..it's bad for the EPL i think..
but of course they might go to other leagues which is a risk i guess. and i would have to admit it would help to foster their english playesr abit, but 5 is probably too little...... -
but u forgeting about injuries n suspension. take a look at the current man u squad, they sure do not affect by the new bid. but at currently, even their players carrick, hargrevas and neville are injured n we know dat there is no english chaps to replace them.Originally posted by hisoka:maybe not. might even be good in that it might even the playing field more with the other teams being able to get hold of the players that are in first team of the top clubs now.
but of course they might go to other leagues which is a risk i guess. and i would have to admit it would help to foster their english playesr abit, but 5 is probably too little......
the new bid will cost the beautiful game to degrade to older day when unknown players r playing.
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I think Wenger should go Coca Cola Championship and find those youngsters who have the potential (for the next 5 years) and buy them cheap cheap.Originally posted by 798:oh no... guess it's better wenger start recruiting englishmen this january transfer market.
however even wif 70 millions pound, it is extremely difficult to get good players since most of us know english players r over-rated n costier than foreigners. -
oh if there were, wenger probably would have scoop them already..Originally posted by turbo_drift:I think Wenger should go Coca Cola Championship and find those youngsters who have the potential (for the next 5 years) and buy them cheap cheap.
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like tat better
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like dat may as well change BPL back to EPL.
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nope, I fully support his idea.Originally posted by CKeer:Blatter with his nonsense again.
Cheers.
CK
what is fundamental about his idea is allowing the locals to have a chance to play in the EPL, their very own league.
he is not suggesting a total ban, but just 5 foreigners..
already you can see the impact of what the foreigners are doing to the EPL game, how many top class english keepers are there??
how many top class english strikers are there? Rooney? Owen?
the local league is choked with foreigners, the English can't do it at the world stage, and it is killing them.
yes, english players are expensive, but this is all demand and supply.
if there are 10 rooneys bursting through, compared to the rare gem now..
the price won't be high..
We all know foreign labour are cheaper, but think of the impact.
Your child may have a talent for soccer, but they will never, I repeat never have a chance to pursue that.
so why dump more and more money to nuture other nations' so that they can kill off English's hopes??
a slap in the face came when gunners played a non-english team and still have the cheek to argue..
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yes, clubs may be impacted, but the future for all ENGLISH or UK footballers, from age 0-18 have a chance to now play professional football.Originally posted by 798:if this rule really apply, it will cause a hugh impact to BPL n other clubs. many foreigners will have to send back and loved one will be separated. again blatter always come up wif stupid idea.
they now have a better chance if this goes through to play for their favorite clubs, their countries.. what's wrong with that??
We all curse and swear when the national team loses, and we just hate it when we can't do anything.. but with the imports, at least they can be nationalised and play for Singapore. but in UK, they can't..
worse thing, they have to pump money to help other nations' footballers develop and kill off their own footballers hopes and dream of winning the world cup, playing professional football, and playing for the club they supported.
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tv rights will drop if they do that.