EPL clubs complaining on 14:07 - Mar 29 with 2566 views | Northernr | Play them in their first team, they won't want to leave. There we go, fixed that. | | | |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:10 - Mar 29 with 2558 views | SimonJames | Hopefully they'll see some first team football and be experienced enough to play for England. | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 14:22 - Mar 29 with 2510 views | Snipper | I could only see the first couple of sentences. Then you have to pay. Any chance somebody can post the column? It’s funny that they’re crying about foreign teams nicking their players, when that’s exactly what they’re doing to lower league teams. I hope the youngsters continue to play abroad. It does them and the national team a world of good. | | | |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:41 - Mar 29 with 2461 views | HantsR |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:22 - Mar 29 by Snipper | I could only see the first couple of sentences. Then you have to pay. Any chance somebody can post the column? It’s funny that they’re crying about foreign teams nicking their players, when that’s exactly what they’re doing to lower league teams. I hope the youngsters continue to play abroad. It does them and the national team a world of good. |
There you go - here's an extract: Premier League clubs are asking Fifa to alter transfer regulations to allow them to offer longer contracts to players under the age of 18. A number of clubs are increasingly concerned about their most talented youngsters being snapped up by foreign clubs soon after they turn 18. Chelsea are struggling to retain the forward Callum Hudson-Odoi amid interest from Bayern Munich. Under existing rules they were prohibited from tying him down to a long contract until he turned 18 in November. Fifa’s regulations on the status and transfer of players state that those under 18 can only enter into deals that are less than three seasons long. Given that a professional contract can be signed only on a player’s 17th birthday, it often means that they are contracted for little more than two years, particularly if their birthday falls late in the season. As a result many of the most talented young players in the country could have little more than 12 months left on their agreement when they turn 18, leaving their clubs vulnerable to the prospect of losing them. Hudson-Odoi, who impressed on his full England debut in the 5-1 win against Montenegro on Monday, is a case in point. He has not yet started for Chelsea in the Premier League. Having signed the maximum permitted two-and-a-half-year contract at Chelsea worth £20,000 a week on his 17th birthday in November 2017, he had little more than 18 months left when he was first eligible to sign a longer deal last November. Chelsea succeeded in holding off Bayern’s interest despite the German club making a £35 million bid in January, but they could lose the England forward on a free transfer at the end of next season if he refuses to sign a new deal before then, which is Hudson-Odoi’s present position. The Times revealed yesterday that Chelsea would not sell him this summer, but a longer contract signed sooner would have strengthened the club’s hand. As a result, Premier League clubs are urging Fifa to allow them to protect themselves against such situations, having lost a number of talented youngsters in recent years, particularly given that the compensation available for an international transfer is minimal. Manchester City have lost Jadon Sancho, the English winger, and Brahim DÃaz, the Spanish midfielder, to Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid respectively in the past two years, while Jonathan Panzo, the English defender, left Chelsea for Monaco last year. Kaylen Hinds, the English striker, left Arsenal for Wolfsburg the year before. Hudson-Odoi impressed on his full England debut against Montenegro on MondayHudson-Odoi impressed on his full England debut against Montenegro on Monday BORIS PEJOVIC/EPA City responded to the loss of Sancho and DÃaz by giving a six-year contract to the England Under-21 midfielder Phil Foden after his 18th birthday last year, but along with their Premier League rivals they believe that they should be able to offer such long-term contracts at an earlier age. Fifa is in the middle of conducting an extensive review of the transfer system, which will include introducing a financial institution to track so-called solidarity payments owed to clubs who have trained players in their youth systems. It is, however, unclear whether the governing body will be willing to grant more flexibility with contracts. While Brexit should help to prevent Premier League clubs from losing under-18s to overseas clubs – under Fifa rules the only players under 18 who are permitted international transfers are those who move within countries in the European Economic Area – it will not protect them from raids by foreign clubs for players who have turned 18 as their contracts run down. | | | |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:50 - Mar 29 with 2440 views | simmo |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:07 - Mar 29 by Northernr | Play them in their first team, they won't want to leave. There we go, fixed that. |
Am I good enough to play? Yes Will I get a chance? Yes - I'll stay then No - I'll leave then | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 14:57 - Mar 29 with 2412 views | Northernr |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:50 - Mar 29 by simmo | Am I good enough to play? Yes Will I get a chance? Yes - I'll stay then No - I'll leave then |
Personally I'm loving seeing all these kids that are rejecting the hoarding and going off to Germany or wherever to find first team football. They should all do it. Too many of them happy to just stick around winning the FA Youth Cup at Chelsea every year, or going on one loan after another into neutral territory. Tammy Abraham should be on his bike as well. | | | |
EPL clubs complaining on 15:02 - Mar 29 with 2400 views | Mick_S |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:57 - Mar 29 by Northernr | Personally I'm loving seeing all these kids that are rejecting the hoarding and going off to Germany or wherever to find first team football. They should all do it. Too many of them happy to just stick around winning the FA Youth Cup at Chelsea every year, or going on one loan after another into neutral territory. Tammy Abraham should be on his bike as well. |
He can't Clive - loves the Villa too much as he proved when he declined Wolves and Premiership football. | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 15:18 - Mar 29 with 2341 views | daveB | If Chelsea lose Hudson-Odi on a free I think I will die laughing | | | | Login to get fewer ads
EPL clubs complaining on 15:25 - Mar 29 with 2309 views | TacticalR |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:22 - Mar 29 by Snipper | I could only see the first couple of sentences. Then you have to pay. Any chance somebody can post the column? It’s funny that they’re crying about foreign teams nicking their players, when that’s exactly what they’re doing to lower league teams. I hope the youngsters continue to play abroad. It does them and the national team a world of good. |
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EPL clubs complaining on 16:00 - Mar 29 with 2205 views | TW_R | This is all very interesting but I'm surprised no one has asked the most important question. Why is there a rubber chicken flying over Sancho's head? | | | |
EPL clubs complaining on 16:29 - Mar 29 with 2156 views | smegma |
EPL clubs complaining on 15:25 - Mar 29 by TacticalR | The Times lets you read two articles a week for free if you register by email. |
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EPL clubs complaining on 16:29 - Mar 29 with 2154 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
EPL clubs complaining on 16:00 - Mar 29 by TW_R | This is all very interesting but I'm surprised no one has asked the most important question. Why is there a rubber chicken flying over Sancho's head? |
I don’t know the answer to that. But he’s clucky it didn’t have his head off! | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 16:29 - Mar 29 with 2147 views | LongsufferingR |
EPL clubs complaining on 16:00 - Mar 29 by TW_R | This is all very interesting but I'm surprised no one has asked the most important question. Why is there a rubber chicken flying over Sancho's head? |
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EPL clubs complaining on 16:34 - Mar 29 with 2133 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
EPL clubs complaining on 16:29 - Mar 29 by LongsufferingR | To get to the other side |
This is no time to make yolks. | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 16:38 - Mar 29 with 2119 views | simmo |
EPL clubs complaining on 14:57 - Mar 29 by Northernr | Personally I'm loving seeing all these kids that are rejecting the hoarding and going off to Germany or wherever to find first team football. They should all do it. Too many of them happy to just stick around winning the FA Youth Cup at Chelsea every year, or going on one loan after another into neutral territory. Tammy Abraham should be on his bike as well. |
Jadon Sancho is an absolute hero for this, having the balls to stick 2 fingers up to Citeh and the chance to play the mandatory minimum games for a PL medal. He turned down staying at home with the best team in the league on better money, to be part of a team that will reward his talent and application with meaningful games. Guardiola can chat all he wants about Sancho ‘not being willing to stay and fight’ but the fact is he could have been training like Messi, and Citeh still went out and bought Mahrez to sit ahead of him. He still would have got no more than cup games and late game sub appearances when games are wrapped up. Instead, he's tearing the Bundesliga a new one and starting for England. It’s a great path he’s trodden and he’s shown that leaving the domestic league won’t hinder your progress internationally, quite the opposite. I hope the best players flood the rest of the world now and cnts like Chelsea have to put up with over-priced and over-rated fcks | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 12:31 - Mar 30 with 1656 views | TacticalR |
EPL clubs complaining on 16:29 - Mar 29 by smegma | Two articles a week for free ???? Where do I sign up ???? |
https://help.thetimes.co.uk/Help_TimesArticleDetail?ArticleNumber=000008424&Cate On the subscribe page it takes you to it looks like they have deliberately made it difficult to find the free registered user offer. You might have to email them. I can just login using the button on the top left, but I already have a registered user login. (I use a second email for these kinds of logins so my main email doesn't get too clogged up with special offers and notifications.) | |
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EPL clubs complaining on 13:47 - Mar 30 with 1602 views | flynnbo |
EPL clubs complaining on 16:38 - Mar 29 by simmo | Jadon Sancho is an absolute hero for this, having the balls to stick 2 fingers up to Citeh and the chance to play the mandatory minimum games for a PL medal. He turned down staying at home with the best team in the league on better money, to be part of a team that will reward his talent and application with meaningful games. Guardiola can chat all he wants about Sancho ‘not being willing to stay and fight’ but the fact is he could have been training like Messi, and Citeh still went out and bought Mahrez to sit ahead of him. He still would have got no more than cup games and late game sub appearances when games are wrapped up. Instead, he's tearing the Bundesliga a new one and starting for England. It’s a great path he’s trodden and he’s shown that leaving the domestic league won’t hinder your progress internationally, quite the opposite. I hope the best players flood the rest of the world now and cnts like Chelsea have to put up with over-priced and over-rated fcks |
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