[sherer]

have been thinking about this the past few days.

When clubs get a foreign manager in the prem they go the country they are from as they know the players better and sign loads of players from there. When you get English or Scottish managers they go abroad and buy loads of players from there as well. That's why there are very few English players comming through at the moment. Even at youth level the clubs can now sign foreigners. Both United and Arsenal have youth teams that are littered with foreigners. I remember reading a few months ago that either UEFA or FIFA were going to try and bring in a law that limited the amount of foreigners but don't see anything happening.

One of the reasons I hate the EU and Jean-Marc Bossman. It was that case that got rid of the foreigners rule and ruined the national leagues in all the European states. I remember the Lison Lions of 67.. 11 players all from Glasgow who took on the best Europe had to offer and one the European Cup for Celtic. Don't think that will ever happen again until the authorities step in and do something about the rules.

I'd like to see something whereby clubs could have a squad of up to 25 or 30 players of which 70% had to be the clubs home nationality. That way you could still sign foreigners but would have to have a home grown core of English players.