FA announce plans to restrict non-EU players

Mirth

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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32024808

This is a step backwards

Klaus

Morons.

QuincyAbeyie

Ridiculous.

ludovicvanzis

Think we should probably keep Wilshere...

Fuck Pogba.

lorddulaarsenal

Non eus are the best type of player

DiabyKungFu

ludovic van zis wrote:
Think we should probably keep Wilshere...

Fuck Pogba.

Nah.

Bold Tone

It's a political decision.
The foreign players thing is simply an excuse.
Nobody holds a gun to Pardew's head forcing him to buy some rubbish Uruguayan.
The vast majority of foreign players in our league are EU citizens and this law doesn't affect them.
We produce shite because shite coaches like Allardyce are at the top.

innervisionscm

This is insane.

This will just lead to more Scott Sinclairs and Jack Rodwells rotting on the bench at big clubs.

goon

innervisionscm wrote:
This is insane.

This will just lead to more Scott Sinclairs and Jack Rodwells rotting on the bench at big clubs.

Not really, the new rules (if they're ever ratified by the Premier League, which I doubt) will certainly ensure "homegrown" talent gets more playing time, the current half arsed rules are what create the environment that encourages keeping mediocre English talent as squad filler.

Might be good for the English game, but definately bad for the quality of the league.

Rex

The clubs will never in a million years agree with this proposal. The homegrown quota thing would seriously hamper top clubs in Europe.

DiabyKungFu

Rex wrote:
The clubs will never in a million years agree with this proposal. The homegrown quota thing would seriously hamper top clubs in Europe.

Yeah, I'm hoping sanity will prevail here.

QuincyAbeyie

Madness that this gets proposed at a time when no English clubs gets past the first knockout round in Europe.

Meatwad

that from age 15 business is a non-starter for the clubs because they can't get the EU ones in until they're 16.

Biggus

This doesn't affect EU players Meaty, so the rational for it to stop the game "having little to do with English people" is obviously doomed to pointlessness.
Also as Rex says, the PL clubs who call the shots will not allow this, they always try every few years but as theres no way around EU employment and discrimination laws it never goes anywhere.

Qwiss

Silly proposal.

I don't see how lowering the general level of the game in England would help the English team anyway. All you need for the national team are 20 top players, the English squad already all play in the PL. What is the benefit of lowering the level they play at now? Is Phil Jagielka going to be a better player playing for Chelsea than he is for Everton?

Mirth

I don't understand why English players are so unwilling to ply their trade abroad and challenge themselves, potentially giving them a unique skillset.

Qwiss

General Mirth wrote:
I don't understand why English players are so unwilling to ply their trade abroad and challenge themselves, potentially giving them a unique skillset.

Because they are over valued in England already. Adding more restrictions like the ones proposed will push that value even higher and mean less incentive for them to move abroad.

JazzG

As usual the FA don't have a clue, so ignorant and clueless about the issues surrounding English players.

Qwiss

They're always approaching it from the wrong end. If they want more English players at top teams then come up with ways to improve young English players. Don't just make it easier for them.

est

Exactly, Qs.