FIFA president Sepp Blatter has received a massive boost in his plans to implement the ‘6+5’ rule, after the world’s national federations voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposal…



The FIFA World Congress convened in Sydney yesterday to moot the issue, voting 155 to 5 (with 40 abstinences) in favour of Blatter’s plan to limit foreign players within clubs.

If ultimately passed, the rule would see all clubs forced to field at least six homegrown players per match, in an attempt to encourage the development of local talent in countries flooded by imports.

The quota scheme has met with strong opposition in Europe, especially from the continent’s biggest clubs, many of whose squads will have to be overhauled to meet requirements.

The European Union have also opposed the scheme, claiming that in its current format it is illegal as it would restrict players’ rights to move freely between EU countries.

Thus, Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini were asked "to explore all means within the limits of the law to ensure that these crucial sporting objectives be achieved."

We have if I'm not wrong.. Oddo..Nesta...Pirlo...Ambro...Rino...Pippo as starters. So now we might have Borriello and Abbiati as well. So this sounds safe for us.

Guys as far as I know, EU rejected the proposal...

Would be nice if it did go through. Arsenal would be in major trouble, Inter too!

Guys as far as I know, EU rejected the proposal...

I heard the only country to reject it is England...

Surprise surprise

I don't see what the EUs problem is with it to be honest. How on earth is it stopping foreigners playing? If I can read correctly, which I believe I can, it states that only 6 players need to be home grown. So what about the other 5 spots, surely that's for the foreigners? Not only that, but football teams have a squad, teams that have a squad of 22 players could still have upto 16 foreigners, yeah, it's really stopping them from working isn't it.

Nah, the majority did.

Working in a sense of playing ...

Wait a second, this rule is about home grown players or about national players (like Italians for Milan)?

(I think it's about national players, but I could be wrong)

I think it's home grown - so the likes of Fabregas would be considered 'English' enough to play.

The only thing that's annoying me about the whole thing is that it all seems to have come about during Englands dominance of Europe. How come there was no talk of this from UEFA with the all Spanish and all Italian finals? Typical!

In my opinion, this doesn't need to be introduced into the first team. Take on the problem at it's source - youth football. If no foreigners are allowed in youth teams it will help development, and it will also stop teams stealing youngsters from other countries.

I really don't know whether it's home grown or national then. Haven't a clue!

Ah, so this rule will just cause teams like Arsenal to do what they do even more - steal talents of other clubs!

Definition of 6+5
- At the beginning of each match, each club must field at least 6 who are players eligible to play for the national team of the country of the club.
- However, there is:
- no restriction on the number of non-eligible players under contract with the club,
- nor on substitutes to avoid non-sportive constraints on the coaches (potentially 3+8 at the end of a match).

This could create further imbalance. All the big teams would choose the best nationals and leave the lower clubs to look for players in a lower division with possibly lower quality. Top teams would still dominate

I want to see a stop to young players being poached by (mostly) premiership clubs. That is a bigger problem than this

Nah, the majority did.

basically the rule is that the player has to be in the academy for at least 2 years from the ages of 13-16 it doesn't matter if say he was french but in england as long as he has come through the academy he is then classed as home grown

If ultimately passed, the rule would see all clubs forced to field at least six homegrown players per match, [/B]in an attempt to encourage the development of local talent in countries flooded by imports[B].

I think it's home grown - so the likes of Fabregas would be considered 'English' enough to play.

The only thing that's annoying me about the whole thing is that it all seems to have come about during Englands dominance of Europe. How come there was no talk of this from UEFA with the all Spanish and all Italian finals? Typical!

In my opinion, this doesn't need to be introduced into the first team. Take on the problem at it's source - youth football. If no foreigners are allowed in youth teams it will help development, and it will also stop teams stealing youngsters from other countries.

This will change nothing as a "homegrown" player is the Fabregas type (trained in a country regardless of nationality between 15-21) all it does is encourages clubs to buy them young. Whats worse is that home talents like (future versions of) Palsochi for us, Balotelli for Inter and Giovinco for Juve may be pushed out for players like Fabregas who clearly are not homegrown.

Something needs to change and this proposal will not not help

Again, it's not about home grown players but about national players, as far as I'm concerned Fabregas isn't eligible to play for England, so that rules him out ...

Definition of 6+5
- At the beginning of each match, each club must field at least 6 who are players eligible to play for the national team of the country of the club.
- However, there is:
- no restriction on the number of non-eligible players under contract with the club,
- nor on substitutes to avoid non-sportive constraints on the coaches (potentially 3+8 at the end of a match).

Morgoth I don't think they're paying attention...

Me too that's why I changed the size, because size really matter ...