Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The increasing number of foreign players is a threat to English Football

With the number of foreign players in English football clubs increasing over the years, it can be worrying for the future of English football itself. This caused by the number of foreign players in the clubs that are now overlapping the number of England born players. While foreign players can also give some positive effects in English football, their presence in English football can stifle the potentials of those local born football players thus affecting England as a national team. As the FA’s authority, Sir Trevor Booking quoted saying on BBC news (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6975955.stm) that, “the growing number of foreign players in the Premier League is depriving domestic talent of first-team football and that is having a detrimental effect on England's chances of challenging at major tournaments.” The FA and FIFA would have to consider this issue more seriously, foreign players in English football clubs can be acceptable as long as they employ at least the same amount of local players in the squad.

Adisty Mediani
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