Domestic Players Quotes

That is the issue with signing young players from other big European football nations - at some point, they will want to go home.

It's good for Brazilian football to have idols, stars, big stars coming back to Brazilian clubs. The tournaments become much better, more interesting. Ze Roberto, Juninho Pernambucano, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and other players who have returned to Brazil strengthen the league and improve the tournaments.

Russia is one of the places where significant presence of social networks are driven by domestic players right now.

I appreciate that Bayern always wants to have the best German talents.

English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant.

I have always wanted to play with top players and ICL has some of the best domestic players and the competition should be exciting.

I think the difference with Japan was that they didn't bring in too many foreign players. In my opinion at the ISL it's not too good to have too many foreigners playing. The minimum of five Indian players is too less in my opinion. Since it's the ISL, we have to encourage more Indian football.

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.

I always think the same: English players don't generally leave England, which is strange. But of course, the Premier League's got the reputation as one of best leagues going, and one of the most competitive leagues.

Ultimately, if we can develop enough players, the balance of foreign players isn't great, but that's because we're not producing enough players.

The Premier League benefits from foreigners, and the game's evolved in a way that's beneficial, but you can't lose the roots of the English game.