Quota

[Gomez]

Premier League introduce new rules on quotas. On SSN now. You can only have 25 in your squad, and 8 have to be home grown

Edited September 14, 2009 by Gomez

[CarraLegend]

What a joke

[MFletcher]

 

Watch English player prices go through the roof now.

[CarraLegend]

They no doubt think they're doing great for "English" football but lets see if they still say the same when clubs have players rotting in the squad that arent allowed to leave because of their nationality.

[MFletcher]

Well, let's look at it this way.

 

Which positions are easily 'coverable' by English players? Reserve goalkeeper - sign an English player and leave them in reserve. It's not exactly going to help anyone. Need a third choice goalkeeper? Sign another English player. There's two positions covered and they're not actually going to be in serious contention for a place.

[Cunny]

Good job we have got a massive transfer kitty to pay the even more inflated prices for English players that this will cause.

[Mike]

Premier League introduce new rules on quotas. On SSN now. You can only have 25 in your squad, and 8 have to be home grown

 

8? that's a lot

 

who have we got though

 

carra gerrard johnson spearing darby insua? kelly irwin

[Tones]

When does this come into effect?

[MFletcher]

Carra, Gerrard, Johnson, Insua, Spearing, Darby, Kelly. Nemeth will qualify from next summer, I believe, as will Pacheco.

[Mike]

Carra, Gerrard, Johnson, Insua, Spearing, Darby, Kelly. Nemeth will qualify from next summer, I believe, as will Pacheco.

i was pretty close there without checking! not irwin? we have martin as well.

[MFletcher]

I was trying to consider likely first team candidates. I'm sure Irwin would qualify as well, but that's not likely to be of much use.

[David Hodgson]

Carra, Gerrard, Johnson, Insua, Spearing, Darby, Kelly. Nemeth will qualify from next summer, I believe, as will Pacheco.

 

Doesn't look that big a problem then.

[psl]

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8...5560113,00.html

 

HOME-GROWN QUOTA FOR PREMIER LEAGUE

 

The Premier League will introduce a squad cap of 25 players and a quota on home-grown players from next season, chief executive Richard Scudamore has confirmed.

 

The 20 clubs met last Thursday to agree the introduction of a home-grown player rule, which will take effect at the start of next term, and the immediate implementation of financial reporting rules.

 

"As of next season clubs will be required to have a squad named of up to 25 players, of which no more than 17 can be over the age of 21 and not home grown," said Scudamore.

 

"The definition of home grown is trained for three years under the age of 21 by somebody in the English and Welsh professional system.

 

"Clubs will have to declare their 25 at the end of August when the window shuts and then again at the end of January."

 

Scudamore denies the move will encourage clubs to hoard young foreign players and claims the England team will ultimately reap the reward.

 

"It's not in the club's interests to stockpile players. It will make buying home-grown talent more attractive," he said.

 

"We're not going down the route of a nationality test but what this will mean is that you just can't buy a team from abroad.

 

"We think it will give clubs an extra incentive to invest in youth. We think that one of the benefits will be that it will help the England team."

 

All 20 Premier League members also agreed to adhere to a set of financial reporting rules designed to protect the viability and sustainability of the clubs.

 

"They will all have to annually submit accounts and future financial information," said Scudamore.

 

"At all times the board of the Premier League will be applying a test which basically says this: can the club fulfil its fixtures, pay off its creditors when they are due and also to meet obligations to the Premier League's contracts and partners?

 

"If the board believe a club is at risk of not meeting those obligations, it has to then step in and agree a budget for the running of that club. Any transfers can be embargoed.

 

"It's absolutely crucial that these clubs are run as ongoing viable concerns. These financial rules apply immediately.

 

"This is tied in, and we passed the rule during the summer, to a 'fit and proper person test'.

 

"At our club meeting last week, the clubs absolutely endorsed our position of not linking expenditure to income."

[Zoob]

This is stupid. And pointless. Grrrr

 

 

Scudamore:

 

""It's not in the club's interests to stockpile players. It will make buying home-grown talent more attractive Expensive," he said. "

 

Fixed that for him...

Edited September 14, 2009 by Zoob

[Falconhoof]

Bouzanis would qualify next season if we wanted to include him as reserve goalkeeper. Probably a bit early in his career but he is highly rated.

[Mike]

nothing to see here.

 

the clubs have voted for it themselves.

[Falconhoof]

El Zhar might find it dificult to get in, but we don't have a big squad.

If this was in force now, our 17 would be

Reina, Cavalieri, Skrtel, Agger, Kyrgiakos, Aurelio, Dossena, Kuyt, Mascherano, Aquilani, Lucas, Plessis, Benayoun, Riera, Torres, Voronin, Babel.

[StevieC]

"The definition of home grown is trained for three years under the age of 21 by somebody in the English and Welsh professional system.

 

The level of poaching is going to reach new heights.

[Red Kent]

nothing to see here.

 

the clubs have voted for it themselves.

 

They say 'The Clubs' I wonder how many voted for and against this and I wonder if the top clubs got out-voted ?

 

Smacks of Turkeys voting to keep Christmas for me.

[Falconhoof]

Its no problem at all to Man U. loads of their squad are home grown. Only, i think, 14 of their current first team squad don't meet the criteria

Chelsea have roughly 17 players over 21 who aren't home grown. They are fine.

Arsenal might struggle, but some of them might qualify as home grown if they arrived here when they were young enough.

Man City have loads of English players (and Ireland) they have no problems with this.

 

 

Its nothing, this.

Edited September 14, 2009 by Ernest Blenkinsop

[Raj]

nothing to see here.

 

the clubs have voted for it themselves.

 

agreed.

[Spilly]

I like the idea in theory. It will force managers to give homegrown reserves a squad role instead of wasting money looking abroad.

[growler]

People people people, this is the same ruling that applies to playing in Europe. Also, players under 21 do not apply.

 

And if it means some of the kids we have bought come through thats a good thing isn't it? How many would prefer to see Spearing ahead of Plessis for example? Or Kelly ahead of Degen?

[Frosty Jack]

People people people, this is the same ruling that applies to playing in Europe. Also, players under 21 do not apply.

 

And if it means some of the kids we have bought come through thats a good thing isn't it? How many would prefer to see Spearing ahead of Plessis for example? Or Kelly ahead of Degen?

 

I'd prefer to see whoever our best players are selected, don't care where they're from

[John am Rhein]

How many would prefer to see Spearing ahead of Plessis for example?

 

If Plessis turns out to be a better player than Spearing (quite likely). Then definitely NOT.

 

More generally, players from the rest of the world are generally better than local players because there are more of them many times over.