As there is a lot of finances in football, so many clubs will spend cash on foreign talent, but these teams also encourage home grown talent.
A club which is famous for its promotion of local footballers, plays in the top Spanish league. The club has an unwritten rule which states that they will just sign footballers who are from or who have learnt their soccer in the Basque region of Spain. The Athletic Bilbao president has done well to continue this rule going in the modern era which is ruled by important international transfers. The policy they have implemented does continue the team out of football transfer rumours but the fans, who are part owners of the team, hold their traditions higher than the need for large money signings. The policy has not held the team back from success either, as they have won the division a total of eight times.
Back in the 70’s, there were never many foreign sportsmen participating in the different football leagues; these days on the other hand there are probably more overseas footballers in divisions like the English top league than there are home-grown players. There are many causes for this but certainly one of the primary ones in Great Britain is because of the wage buildings that are in place. As the premier league pays footballers such big salaries, it pulls in the perfect footballers from around the world and that means it is much harder for the English players to remain competitive versus such a huge pool of footballers. There are clubs in England that do encourage young English players however, which is some thing the Spurs owner presses for in the youth academy. By promoting young English talent, it also opens up the possibility of selling them on for big profits in the transfer market. Leagues will frequently have a rule that teams must have a specific amount of footballers from within that country, which is a way of keeping the international club competitive, but a side effect of this rule is that it inflates the cost of these home-grown players. This rule explains why English players football transfers are more overpriced than the majority.
There are always transfer rumours circulating the sports press, and that has indeed been true about the Italian Serie A. The league this season has been pretty competitive in the mid table so all of these teams will attempt to add to their particular squads to help beat their competition next season. The AC Milan owner will intend to hold onto their leading footballers whilst also introducing some top footballers to their lineup in the summer. In characteristic the clubs will intend to keep on their string of staggering youthful Italian players they have developed over the years. There are so many teams hoping to sign their outstanding Italian goalkeeper, who is a prime example of the club building Italian footballers from a young age.