Post by PureOldGold on May 13, 2009 12:05:19 GMT -1
Wolves fully back plans to fight back against the tide of foreign players flooding English football as the Molineux club attempts to secure a Premier League future.
Hailed as a “major breakthrough” by government officials, the Premier League has now agreed in principle to minimum quotas of home-grown players from the start of the season after next. It’s a follow-up to a Football League initiative, where a quota system based on having four home-grown players in their matchday squad of 16 is already underway, of which Wolves have been leading supporters.
And Molineux Chief Executive Jez Moxey today welcomed the announcement that the Premier League was now prepared to back the philosophy amid fears that too much foreign labour will damage England at international level.
“You start this debate by asking yourself the question: ‘Is the England team important to English football?’ And if the answer is ‘yes’, as we most certainly believe at Wolves, then it must be a course of action to pursue,” said Moxey today.
“We have been strong advocates of this philosophy. It is one of the initiatives which the League has led and it is good to see it rippling up to the Premier League now.
“It’s not xenophobic or nationalistic. A home-grown player can be a French youngster who came to the club and has been coached there for three years. But it inevitably encourages the development of indigenous players and we support that totally.”
Wolves do not become official members of the Premier League until the club receives its share certificate in June but, even though manager Mick McCarthy is looking abroad this summer to supplement his promotion-winning squad, will continue to focus enthusiastically on home-grown talent.
Chief Executive Richard Scudamore revealed that the 20 Premier League clubs had agreed ‘in principle’ to introduce a quota scheme of home-grown players but the proposal, if adopted, would take effect from the start of the 2010/11 season.
But Scudamore made it clear the league has no intention of accepting Sepp Blatter’s ‘six-plus-five’ proposal.
Hailed as a “major breakthrough” by government officials, the Premier League has now agreed in principle to minimum quotas of home-grown players from the start of the season after next. It’s a follow-up to a Football League initiative, where a quota system based on having four home-grown players in their matchday squad of 16 is already underway, of which Wolves have been leading supporters.
And Molineux Chief Executive Jez Moxey today welcomed the announcement that the Premier League was now prepared to back the philosophy amid fears that too much foreign labour will damage England at international level.
“You start this debate by asking yourself the question: ‘Is the England team important to English football?’ And if the answer is ‘yes’, as we most certainly believe at Wolves, then it must be a course of action to pursue,” said Moxey today.
“We have been strong advocates of this philosophy. It is one of the initiatives which the League has led and it is good to see it rippling up to the Premier League now.
“It’s not xenophobic or nationalistic. A home-grown player can be a French youngster who came to the club and has been coached there for three years. But it inevitably encourages the development of indigenous players and we support that totally.”
Wolves do not become official members of the Premier League until the club receives its share certificate in June but, even though manager Mick McCarthy is looking abroad this summer to supplement his promotion-winning squad, will continue to focus enthusiastically on home-grown talent.
Chief Executive Richard Scudamore revealed that the 20 Premier League clubs had agreed ‘in principle’ to introduce a quota scheme of home-grown players but the proposal, if adopted, would take effect from the start of the 2010/11 season.
But Scudamore made it clear the league has no intention of accepting Sepp Blatter’s ‘six-plus-five’ proposal.
