The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[poklane]

ArchangelMadzz said:

poklane said:

I just wish FIFA would completely ban private investments unless it's to save a club from bankruptcy. I just don't see what a cap on a transfer fee would accomplish, they'd just spend it on salaries instead and/or use it to buy extra players.

Also, we need a maximum amount of players you can have and a maximum of players you can loan out at once. Look at what a club like Chelsea does, they simply hoard young talent, loan them out a few years hoping they'll do good and then sell them for a profit. There's 0 intention to have these players make the 1st team, they're just flipping them to fund their 1st team transfers. Chelsea have over 20 players loaned out currently and I'm sure that numbers will rise with the transfer window still being open for almost a month.

On that note every first team squad should have at least 5 academy players (no idea what the requirement is now) but if there are at least 5 first team slots for graduates they will be more motivated and the less money spent on transfers could mean more money gone into the academy as they will want to make great players that will be in the squad. 

Also need to change what classifies as an academy player then. Right now in England a player classifies as a homegrown player if he's spend 3 years in England before the age of 21. This means English clubs can sign 16, 17 and 18 year old talents from other countries and they'd classify as homegrown players. They should change it to being before the age of 18, that way the player would have to join the club at age 15 or younger.