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More talks on homegrown question
Wednesday, 2 February 2005

By Mark Chaplin in Nyon

UEFA is to ask its 52 national member associations to discuss its proposals
on homegrown players when the association presidents and general secretaries
meet in Nyon, Switzerland on Thursday. It is part of the final fine-tuning process
before concrete proposals are submitted to UEFA's Ordinary Congress in Estonia
in April.

Homegrown players

UEFA has already issued initial proposals for the inclusion of a minimum number
of homegrown players (for example, seven or eight) out of the 18 players on
match sheets, and a limitation on the number of players in club squads (for
example, 25), and is involved in a comprehensive consultation process with major
stakeholders in the European game.

Better balance

The European body has voiced the concern that some clubs are not training enough
of their own players, but simply signing them from elsewhere. The objective
from UEFA's point of view is to create a better balance in domestic competitions,
preventing clubs from simply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system
whereby homegrown players would be given a greater opportunity to play regularly.




Decision in April

"Since the presidents and general secretaries are in Nyon on Thursday,
the Executive Committee wanted to discuss the issue with them," said UEFA
Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson. UEFA's Executive Committee will also take
a decision on the format for the qualifying competition for UEFA EURO 2008T
at its next meeting in Tallinn in April.

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Final venues

In addition, a decision will be made on the 2006 and 2007 UEFA club competition
finals at the Tallinn meeting on 19 and 20 April. "Additional information is
coming in on some of the bids, and we think we still have time to decide," Mr
Olsson explained.

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Источник: UEFA