UEFA homegrown rules will not prevent fielding of all-foreign teams

New proposals from UEFA to encourage European football clubs to select homegrown talent may not prevent the fielding of all-foreign teams under European law. European football’s governing body unveiled plans for a quota system, which many hoped would encourage clubs to nurture and play young local talent. UEFA announced that from 2006/07 clubs competing in its competitions would have to include at least four homegrown players in a squad of 25. Two club-trained and two association-trained players, aged 15-21, who have trained at that club for a minimum of three years. UEFA has stressed the proposals are not designed to place emphasis on a player’s nationality but rather to strengthen the football academies of clubs and restore, “the link between club and community.”

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