I think the new home grown quota rule announced by the Premiership last night has resulted in an immediate and significant increase in Shelvy's value in the transfer market.
From next season the Premiership clubs are going to have to include at least 8 home grown players (defined as a player who trained for at least 3 years before the age of 21 at an English or Welsh club - which means Sam falls within that definition as well). Very few of the premiership clubs are in a position to do that at the moment. During the next two transfer windows a lot more premiership clubs will be chasing players like Shelvy to help them meet that quota.
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dont it just make you fell sorry for chealse though XDXDXD
I could have sworn that people were saying he was definitely going to be sold as soon as he signed his first pro contract.
Good point - perhaps should have been brought in at the same time as something trying to stop the Defoe/Bostock-style scenario - at least increased compensation.
That way it would help money run down the leagues a bit, which is what the game needs.
Some people on here said that Dickson had gone to Gillingham ;-)
Did they? Who was that?
I remembering saying yesterday IF Dickson goes to Gillingham but no one could read that and confuse it with what you said : - )
Yes i believe your right wasn't he sold to Chelsea FACT
He would have gone, but Chelsea can't buy anyone. ;-0)
They didn't know that till after. I think if they had any idea about that before the transfer window closed, they would have been very busy in the transfer market. I think his value went up when he signed an extension. It shows he is loyal and isn't gonna run off everytime someone shows him a pound note like some players do.
If Jean Fromage, Heinrich Schmidt or Radostin Kishishev jnr want to play football in England EU Law says they can as I understand it....
Doesn't the rule mean that even if the player is foreign but trained here as a kid (eg. Fabregas) then they count as home grown? Every prem club accepted this rule and there's no way the big 4 would've done so if it hindered them.
Even Chelsea who can't sign anyone could muster 8 (Terry, Lampard, Cole, Cole, Mancienne, Turnbull and Sturridge is 7, so they promote a kid like Sinclair or Stoch and they've got their 8.
And Arsenal who are widely accepted to have barely any homegrown players can get round the rule because the likes of Fabregas, Clichy, Bendtner, Diaby, Djorou and Vela were here as kids, and that's without Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere.
Whilst the rule is a step in the right direction i don't think it'll have that great an impact.
From what I've read, Liverpool have 3/4 foreign youngsters who next year can qualify as 'home grown' as they've been over here for a while now.
Had 1 about his hair, next be what his wearing got ppl give it a rest plz for all our sakes
its not completely but in the title shelvey doesnt mention sam on the title or any others eg. elliot, solly and the list goes on that is my main point really
I expect they'll challenge, but that doesn't mean they'll be successful. The league have obviously got their lawyers to think this through very carefully. I suspect that's why there's all this complex stuff about 3 years before 21, instead of a far simpler "born here".
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