I agree that there should be no quotas for clubs.

Although extending UEFA's homegrown player rule to national competitions (and restricting first team squad sizes at the same time) would be a good idea.

But for national teams I'm in agreement with the majority of posts here (excluding Rogorn's). It is different to the club game (which is about "employment") while the national team is about representing "your country".

UEFA have probably solved most of the problems of "mercenaries" by extending the qualification period for adults moving to a new country from 2 years to 5.

Personally though I'd prefer to see the current rules changed to: born there, parents born there, grandparents born there (though I'd happily see this ditched) or lived there for a continous period of at least 5 years prior to reaching age 18 (or maybe 21).

I think representing a country where you weren't born is fine if you moved there to live as a child/teenager. But after that - not for me.

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