APPENDIX 26
Further memorandum from the League Managers
Association (WP 41)
WORK PERMITS
FOR OVERSEAS
FOOTBALLERS INQUIRY
Thank you for your letter dated 17 March 2000.
Please find herewith additional information which you requested.
The LMA analysis of its member's opinion on
EEU players is as follows:
The suggested quotas requirements in the first
team squad of 16 players would initially be a minimum of five
domestic players, ie 11 plus five subs. This minimum domestic
quota to be increased annually by one player each year until possibly
five years. This five year period would give the clubs a reasonable
time to structure and plan. We feel this would encourage the development
of young academy players and justify the large investment that
clubs are now making in this specific area. It would also make
clubs concentrate on buying only the best of foreign players.
John Barnwell
Chief Executive
League Managers Association
March 2000
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