Source: Daily_Mail
The numbers don't add up: How the Premier League would fare with FIFA's foreigner quota
The big guns in the Barclays Premier League would struggle to field teams that would be eligible under FIFA's proposed '6+5' scheme.[LNB]If the rule is passed, teams would be forced to name in their starting line-ups six players who are eligible to play for the national team of the club's country. [LNB]FIFA are fighting to get the rule approved after an independent report declared it did not breach European Union law.[LNB] Top of the shop: Aston Villa's England stars Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young (left)[LNB]Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool have not made the proposed alloocation in any league game this season. In fact, since Theo Walcott's injury, Arsenal have selected an entire team of non-English players.[LNB]Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher fly the flag for Liverpool with John Terry, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and long-term injury Joe Cole Chelsea's English quartet.[LNB] Blatter delight as bureaucrats say '6+5' doesn't break EU rules [LNB]Redknapp: England for the English and when Capello leaves I'd love the job[LNB]Exclusive: Smith's blueprint will open door to non-Scots playing for national team[LNB]THAT WAS THE SPORTING WEEK: Disappearing Jose likes to wine, Spurs perfect the 'throw in a goal' move and Euro Cup kings Forest go from being as fit as fiddles to as fat as cellos[LNB][LNB]Even Manchester United have rarely had six English players on the field from the start of a league games this season. [LNB]Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney would always be in Sir Alex Ferguson's strongest side but Gary Neville, Wes Brown and Paul Scholes have been injured for spells while Owen Hargreaves is a long-term absentee. That left Ferguson with few English options.[LNB] International superstars: England centre half Rio Ferdinand lifts the Club World Cup for Manchester United, surrounded by his multi-national team-mates[LNB]FIFA's proposal is sure to be opposed by Premier League clubs who are only concerned with fielding their strongest sides, regardless of nationality. [LNB]A positive aspect of world football's governing body's scheme would be to raise the value of English players in the transfer market if teams have to field at least six who are available for selection to the national team.[LNB]Aston Villa and Hull City are joint-top of the 'English' League with 13 players apiece followed by Middlesbrough and Stoke City.[LNB]If the proposal is accepted it would represent as significant a change as the Bosman ruling which meant players became free agents at the end of their contract.[LNB] England's No 1? Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia is eligible to play for his adopted country[LNB]It would probably see the traditionally dominant clubs struggle to retain such supremacy, not just in England but in all the top European leagues.[LNB]Inter Milan, with a strong South American influence, usually have one Italian in the side.[LNB]The 'English' Premier League...[LNB][LNB] Playersused[LNB] Englandqualified[LNB] Aston Villa1913L Young, Sidwell, Barry, A Young, Milner, Harewood, Agbonlahor, Davies, Knight, Heskey, Reo-Coker, Shorey, Gardner.Hull City2513Doyle, Dawson, Ashbee, Turner, Fagan, Barmby, Hughes, Duke, France, Welsh, Marney, Gardner, Bullard.Middlesbrough2312Hoyte, Taylor, O'Neil, Riggott, Downing, Turnbull, Bates, A Johnson, McMahon, Wheater, J Johnson, Walker.Stoke2412Simonsen, Griffin, Higginbotham, Cort, Cresswell, Kitson, Pugh, Shawcross, Beattie, Tonge, Etherington, Wilkinson.Tottenham2712Bentley, Lennon, Huddlestone, Jenas, Bent, Dawson, O'Hara, Defoe, King, Campbell, Woodgate, Cudicini.Portsmouth2411James, Johnson, Mullins, Crouch, Nugent, Thomas, Campbell, Little, Davis, Wilson, PennantNewcastle2610Nolan, Barton, Guthrie, Owen, Harper. R Taylor, Smith, Butt, S Taylor, Carroll.Everton229Hibbert, Baines, Lescott, Jagielka, Vaughan, Neville, Osman, Rodwell, Gosling.Man United289Neville, Hargreaves, Ferdinand, Brown, Carrick, Scholes, Rooney, Welbeck, Eckersley.West Ham199Green, Upson, Parker, Ashton, Cole, Noble, Tomkins, Dyer, Sears.Bolton208Hunt, Cahill, Taylor, K Davies, M Davies, McCann, Basham, Samuel.Fulham228Konchesky, Baines, Johnson, Zamora, Murphy, Gray, Milsom, Brown.Man City288Hart, Richards, Johnson, Wright-Phillips, Vassell, Sturridge, Bridge, Logan.Wigan197Kirkland, Cattermole, Brown, Pollitt, Boyce, Bramble, Watson.West Brom247Robinson, Barnett, Greening, Miller, Moore, Carson, Simpson.Sunderland226Bardsley, Nosworthy, Whitehead, Richardson, Leadbitter, Ferdinand.Chelsea225A Cole, Lampard, J Cole, Terry, Cudicini.Blackburn264Robinson, Warnock, Dunn, Simpson.Arsenal223Walcott, Gibbs, Almunia.Liverpool192Gerrard, Carragher. (Barclays Premier League games only)[LNB] Blatter delight as bureaucrats say '6+5' doesn't break EU rules [LNB]Redknapp: England for the English and when Capello leaves I'd love the job[LNB]Exclusive: Smith's blueprint will open door to non-Scots playing for national team[LNB]THAT WAS THE SPORTING WEEK: Disappearing Jose likes to wine, Spurs perfect the 'throw in a goal' move and Euro Cup kings Forest go from being as fit as fiddles to as fat as cellos[LNB][LNB][LNB] [LNB]
