| ubeep |
| (member) |
| 09/07/2008 11:08 |
Re: Six plus Five
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I totally disagree with it. Let clubs choose the players they want (or can afford) from wherever they want them. Full stop.
As for nationalised players, no-one has a right to tell a country when and how to give anyone a passport. Once someone becomes a citizen, they are entitled to every right a native has, including playing for its national team. The existing rule whereby you can't represent two countries at senior level is restriction enough, and even that would be thrown out as soon as anyone takes the trouble to sue.
I never thought I would see that!
It is not my British Passport that makes me British! It is my way of life, my culture, my history etc.
If I live in Spain for 5 years I am not Spanish I am British living in Spain. The fact I can hold a Spanish passport does not change that fact.
I don't want an English national team made up of a Brazilian, an Italian, A Dutchman, a Pole, 2 Scots, A Saudi and perhaps 1 Englishman. It totally dilutes the idea that it is INTERNATIONAL Football. You might as well ditch the World Cup and just extend the champions league.