Blatter wants reiterations on foreign players

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has reiterated his desire to see a restriction on the number of foreign players in domestic competitions. Blatter is concerned home-grown players are not getting enough chances and are consequently turning away from the game. European Union law would prevent any widespread restrictions being imposed in member countries but Blatter believes there is a willingness to overcome this. "We have clubs in England and other countries where there are no more national players playing in clubs,” Blatter told media. "For the identity of fans, they want their own nationals and educationally, the talent will go somewhere else, there will be missed players. The EU are not against this. It has legislation that will not permit but would not say it is against it. We will discuss this with them. The European Union has 25 countries and in Europe there are 52 national associations. FIFA has 205 around the world - 25 shouldn't make law for the other 205 countries," Blatter added.

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