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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm

Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
from 2006.

Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.

Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.

Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
and the rest in the home country.

Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.

Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
have not had enough homegrown players.

They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.

Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
Estonia in April.

There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
and the Italian federation.

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"Miljenko" <milcrnko.spamgohome@inet.hr> schreef in bericht
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>
> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> from 2006.
>
> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.
>
> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>
> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
> and the rest in the home country.
>
> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.
>
> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
> have not had enough homegrown players.
>
> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>
> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
> Estonia in April.
>
> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
> and the Italian federation.
>
> --
> Miljenko [milcrnko at inet dot hr]
>
> np: The Avalanches - Since I Left You

Mwuahahahaha...

Ajax' bragging about their youth-academy seems a blatant lie, like we all
allready knew.
 
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Miljenko wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>
> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> from 2006.
>
<snip>

I hope the federations have a bit of sense about this and bin the idea.
It's a step backwards, taking us back to the days when Roy Keane, Brian
McClair and Ryan Giggs were classed as foreigners.

It might work for the smaller countries and leagues but certainly wont for
the bigger stronger countries leagues.

Cheers

Hamish

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Em Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:20:48 +0100, Miljenko <milcrnko.spamgohome@inet.hr>
escreveu:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>
> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> from 2006.
>
> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.
>
> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>
> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
> and the rest in the home country.
>
> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.
>
> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
> have not had enough homegrown players.
>
> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>
> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
> Estonia in April.
>
> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
> and the Italian federation.
>


only see this as a huge mistake
La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
English football will be back to long shots

oh dear, this is not smelling good

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Miljenko wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>
> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> from 2006.
>
> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.
>
> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>
> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
> and the rest in the home country.
>
> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.
>
> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
> have not had enough homegrown players.
>
> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>
> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
> Estonia in April.
>
> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
> and the Italian federation.

This might actually make things worse than better - Smaller clubs who don't
have much money will now have to build youth academies or buy sub-standard
youngsters just so they meet UEFA qoutas, it will also more than likely
increase the likley hood of the big teams stealing young kid players at
younger ages, so smaller clubs will end up losing money as they will lose a
good kid now at the age of ~18 for less money than if he was 21.

What will happen if they can not include 4 home-grown players? That'll leave
clubs with a 21 man squad - a few injuries and they are in trouble. UEFA's
plans to increase it in 2007 and 2008 are going to cause trouble for Arsenal
and Chelsea, if they don't have enough good youngsters in there
reserves/youngsters at the moment they are in trouble.

And it looks like UEFA might just have introduced a few new bugs into
FM2006.


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Em Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:44:23 -0000, Michael Murray
<NOtmichaeltmurrayuknospam@yahoo.co.uk> escreveu:

> Miljenko wrote:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>>
>> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
>> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
>> from 2006.
>>
>> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
>> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.
>>
>> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>>
>> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
>> and the rest in the home country.
>>
>> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
>> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21..
>>
>> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
>> have not had enough homegrown players.
>>
>> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>>
>> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
>> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
>> Estonia in April.
>>
>> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
>> and the Italian federation.
>
> This might actually make things worse than better - Smaller clubs who
> don't
> have much money will now have to build youth academies or buy
> sub-standard
> youngsters just so they meet UEFA qoutas, it will also more than likely
> increase the likley hood of the big teams stealing young kid players at
> younger ages, so smaller clubs will end up losing money as they will
> lose a
> good kid now at the age of ~18 for less money than if he was 21.
>
> What will happen if they can not include 4 home-grown players? That'll
> leave
> clubs with a 21 man squad - a few injuries and they are in trouble.
> UEFA's
> plans to increase it in 2007 and 2008 are going to cause trouble for
> Arsenal
> and Chelsea, if they don't have enough good youngsters in there
> reserves/youngsters at the moment they are in trouble.
>
> And it looks like UEFA might just have introduced a few new bugs into
> FM2006.
>
>

Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker


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The Brazilian Man wrote:
> Em Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:44:23 -0000, Michael Murray
> <NOtmichaeltmurrayuknospam@yahoo.co.uk> escreveu:
>
>> Miljenko wrote:
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>>>
>>> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
>>> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man
>>> squad from 2006.
>>>
>>> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
>>> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national
>>> association. Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in
>>> 2008.
>>>
>>> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own
>>> academy and the rest in the home country.
>>>
>>> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered
>>> for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15
>>> and 21. Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs
>>> would
>>> have not had enough homegrown players.
>>>
>>> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>>>
>>> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
>>> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
>>> Estonia in April.
>>>
>>> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier
>>> League and the Italian federation.
>>
>> This might actually make things worse than better - Smaller clubs who
>> don't
>> have much money will now have to build youth academies or buy
>> sub-standard
>> youngsters just so they meet UEFA qoutas, it will also more than
>> likely increase the likley hood of the big teams stealing young kid
>> players at younger ages, so smaller clubs will end up losing money
>> as they will lose a
>> good kid now at the age of ~18 for less money than if he was 21.
>>
>> What will happen if they can not include 4 home-grown players?
>> That'll leave
>> clubs with a 21 man squad - a few injuries and they are in trouble.
>> UEFA's
>> plans to increase it in 2007 and 2008 are going to cause trouble for
>> Arsenal
>> and Chelsea, if they don't have enough good youngsters in there
>> reserves/youngsters at the moment they are in trouble.
>>
>> And it looks like UEFA might just have introduced a few new bugs into
>> FM2006.
>>
>>
>
> Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker

Only Terry and Johnson(?) would count as Lampard and Parker are both too old
(?), though does "Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been
registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of
15 and 21." mean that you only count as a homegrown player if were 15-21 for
all the 3 years (i.e. joined when 16 would count after 3 years = 19), or
does just your starting age matter (i.e. Join when 21 after 3 years you
count at age 24) also what happens if you leave the club and rejoin do you
still count as a homegrown player?? Looks like UEFA are just trying to
create work for themselves 🙂

Though this does mean that SI must fix the regen and scouts in future
versions as european success could depend upon you finding decent 18 year
olds.


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The Brazilian Man wrote:

> >> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
> >> and the rest in the home country.
> >> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
> >> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.

> > UEFA's plans to increase it in 2007 and 2008 are going to cause trouble
> > for Arsenal and Chelsea, if they don't have enough good youngsters in
> > there reserves/youngsters at the moment they are in trouble.

> Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker

Of which only Terry would be considered club-trained, maybe Johnson
too, don't know how old he was when he joined.

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Em Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:08:37 +0100, Miljenko <milcrnko.spamgohome@inet.hr>
escreveu:

> The Brazilian Man wrote:
>
>> >> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
>> >> and the rest in the home country.
>> >> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
>> >> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and
>> 21.
>
>> > UEFA's plans to increase it in 2007 and 2008 are going to cause
>> trouble
>> > for Arsenal and Chelsea, if they don't have enough good youngsters in
>> > there reserves/youngsters at the moment they are in trouble.
>
>> Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker
>
> Of which only Terry would be considered club-trained, maybe Johnson
> too, don't know how old he was when he joined.
>

19 I think

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Michael Murray wrote:

> does "Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been
> registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of
> 15 and 21." mean that you only count as a homegrown player if were 15-21 for
> all the 3 years (i.e. joined when 16 would count after 3 years = 19), or
> does just your starting age matter (i.e. Join when 21 after 3 years you
> count at age 24)

The former. "registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club
between the age of 15 and 21" seems pretty clear to me.

> also what happens if you leave the club and rejoin do you
> still count as a homegrown player?? Looks like UEFA are just trying to
> create work for themselves 🙂

If you counted as a homegrown player before you left, you'd have the
same status when you return.

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"The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
news😱pslmoc8r2xjeech@eduardo.mshome.net:

> only see this as a huge mistake
> La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
> Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
> Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
> English football will be back to long shots
>
> oh dear, this is not smelling good

Garbage, it only bothers you as your one of the teams affected. Any
move to help promote the youth of this country is worthwhile. Even at
8 out of 25 players it is hardly the end of the world. United have a
whole host of talent that has won as numerous trophies over the last
decade, and I'm sure others will follow.

Nice one, UEFA!

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Em 3 Feb 2005 18:10:53 GMT, PivotalG <pivotalgubbins@nospamsent.com>
escreveu:

> "The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
> news😱pslmoc8r2xjeech@eduardo.mshome.net:
>
>> only see this as a huge mistake
>> La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
>> Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
>> Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
>> English football will be back to long shots
>>
>> oh dear, this is not smelling good
>
> Garbage, it only bothers you as your one of the teams affected. Any
> move to help promote the youth of this country is worthwhile. Even at
> 8 out of 25 players it is hardly the end of the world. United have a
> whole host of talent that has won as numerous trophies over the last
> decade, and I'm sure others will follow.
>
> Nice one, UEFA!
>

me affected? never, I don't own a club.
and if it is to be pedant Roman can buy England team if he wishes :-D

*just kidding*

btw United born English, Giggs, Solskjaer, Keane, Schmeichel, York,
Cantona, and lots more have really helped Manchester to numerous
trophies...

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"The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
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> Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker

Nope, you have Terry... that is it. None of the others count as you
didn't train them.

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Em 3 Feb 2005 18:12:30 GMT, PivotalG <pivotalgubbins@nospamsent.com>
escreveu:

> "The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
> news😱pslmoyk0rxjeech@eduardo.mshome.net:
>
>> Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker
>
> Nope, you have Terry... that is it. None of the others count as you
> didn't train them.
>

why don't you read the article?
4 born and other 4 home trained in the near future

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PivotalG <pivotalgubbins@nospamsent.com> wrote in
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> "The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
> news😱pslmoyk0rxjeech@eduardo.mshome.net:
>
>> Chelsea has at least Lampard, Johnson, Terry and Parker
>
> Nope, you have Terry... that is it. None of the others count as you
> didn't train them.

Oh, maybe Johnston will, come next year.

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"The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
news😱pslmvutemxjeech@eduardo.mshome.net:

> btw United born English, Giggs, Solskjaer, Keane, Schmeichel,
> York, Cantona, and lots more have really helped Manchester to
> numerous trophies...

Idiot, where does it say they have to be English born? Giggs came up
through our youth system.

Nice to see you forgot Scholes, Beckham, Brown, G. Neville, P.
Neville and Nicky Butt... they all played their part. O'Shea and
Flecther are two more examples of youth players breaking through in
the last couple of years.

This is great move by UEFA, one of the best for years.
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"The Brazilian Man" <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote in
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> why don't you read the article?
> 4 born and other 4 home trained in the near future

Apologies! I went on what I have read elsewhere, and that didn't make
the distinction.

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> only see this as a huge mistake
> La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
> Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
> Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
> English football will be back to long shots

Why do you say that when most clubs would've been OK?
 
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Em Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:42:21 -0000, Marc Robbins
<marc@ITHINKTHISMEANSNOSPAMrobbins46.freeserve.co.uk> escreveu:

>
>> only see this as a huge mistake
>> La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
>> Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
>> Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
>> English football will be back to long shots
>
> Why do you say that when most clubs would've been OK?
>
>


sorry Mark, could not understand your question
I delete almost all messages, and your seems to to have cut the original

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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:37:46 -0200, "The Brazilian Man"
<eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote:

>Em Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:20:48 +0100, Miljenko <milcrnko.spamgohome@inet.hr>
>escreveu:
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>>
>> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
>> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
>> from 2006.
>>
>> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
>> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.
>>
>> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>>
>> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
>> and the rest in the home country.
>>
>> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
>> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.
>>
>> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
>> have not had enough homegrown players.
>>
>> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>>
>> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
>> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
>> Estonia in April.
>>
>> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
>> and the Italian federation.
>>
>
>
>only see this as a huge mistake
>La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
>Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
>Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
>English football will be back to long shots
>
>oh dear, this is not smelling good

I don't think it will be that tragic. 4 players in 25 is not many.

-Nick
 
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Em Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:12:56 +0200, Nick the Greek <nikko_NOSPAM_@in.gr>
escreveu:

> On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:37:46 -0200, "The Brazilian Man"
> <eduNOSPAMliguori@yahoo.com.br> wrote:
>
>> Em Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:20:48 +0100, Miljenko
>> <milcrnko.spamgohome@inet.hr>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>>>
>>> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
>>> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
>>> from 2006.
>>>
>>> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
>>> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association..
>>>
>>> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>>>
>>> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
>>> and the rest in the home country.
>>>
>>> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
>>> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.
>>>
>>> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
>>> have not had enough homegrown players.
>>>
>>> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>>>
>>> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
>>> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
>>> Estonia in April.
>>>
>>> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
>>> and the Italian federation.
>>>
>>
>>
>> only see this as a huge mistake
>> La Liga for an sample will loose it's appeal
>> Brazilian clubs will bankrupt without the euro market
>> Cardiff will be lost as welsh or english targeted
>> English football will be back to long shots
>>
>> oh dear, this is not smelling good
>
> I don't think it will be that tragic. 4 players in 25 is not many.
>
> -Nick

8 out of 25
soon

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On 3 Feb 2005 18:28:15 GMT, PivotalG <pivotalgubbins@nospamsent.com>
wrote:

> O'Shea and
>Flecther are two more examples of youth players breaking through in
>the last couple of years.

...and contributing to Man Utd's demise.

-Nick
 
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Miljenko wrote:

> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> from 2006.

Legal threat to Uefa's new ruling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4234761.stm

Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein says Uefa's new ruling on homegrown
players could be challenged legally.

Uefa has told clubs they must have four homegrown players in their
squad by 2006 to enter European competitions.

But Dein fears the quality of the Premiership will suffer under the
new ruling and also believes it "restricts the free movement of
workers".

He told BBC Radio Five Live: "It's misguided and it will almost
certainly now be challenged."

At a January meeting, Dein said the Premier League had unanimously
opposed the Uefa ruling.

"Few Premier League squads would meet Uefa's current proposals and we
think the quality of our league would suffer," he said.

"We probably have the most successful league in the world and we
tamper with it at our peril.

"Although it has been proposed for Uefa competitions, there is a
danger it could eventually be introduced to all levels.

"We don't think they can do that."

Arsenal are one of five clubs from last season's Champions League who
would not have had enough homegrown players in their squad under the
new ruling.

The others are Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.

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Miljenko wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
>
> Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> from 2006.
>
> Europe's governing body also wants to implement the plan in domestic
> leagues but that will have to be agreed by each national association.
>
> Uefa then wants six homegrown players by 2007 and eight in 2008.
>
> Of the eight, at least four must be trained by the club's own academy
> and the rest in the home country.
>
> Uefa defines a club-trained player as one who has been registered for
> a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21.
>
> Of the 32 sides in last season's Champions League, five clubs would
> have not had enough homegrown players.
>
> They are: Arsenal, Chelsea, Celtic, Rangers and Ajax.
>
> Uefa's 52 member associations will vote on whether the same rule
> should apply to domestic competitions at a Congress in Tallinn,
> Estonia in April.
>
> There has already been strong opposition voiced by the Premier League
> and the Italian federation.

And now David Dein has said that this could be challenged legally:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4234761.stm

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"Hamish" <jocksspamMUNG@dsl.pipexDOTcom> wrote in message
news:36eur9F50eh90U1@individual.net...
> Miljenko wrote:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4233353.stm
> >
> > Uefa has announced clubs competing in the Champions League and Uefa
> > Cup will have to include four homegrown players in their 25-man squad
> > from 2006.
> >
> <snip>
>
> I hope the federations have a bit of sense about this and bin the idea.
> It's a step backwards, taking us back to the days when Roy Keane, Brian
> McClair and Ryan Giggs were classed as foreigners.

I don't think it is to be honest - these "home-grown" players don't have to
be home nationality.
 
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