I think this is the crux of the problem here in England, we use far too many overseas players at all levels as a quick fix and overlook the long term.All managers are under so much pressure to achieve right now that clubs cannot and will not wait and accept transition periods that will allow young home grown talent to come through.Can you see Man Ure, Liverpool,Chelsea ,Arsenal etc adopting the Ajax philosophy? we have a great team that wins everything the big name players all leave then we start again not worrying that we will not win anything for a while.It will never happen.How else do we explain the Lee Clark Gary Megson situations? In Spain it seems their policy is Spanish is best most of the time where as over here its only the most expensive players will do no matter where they come from.
