English Premier League – Why is everyone buying young and English?
Most of the spending in the English Premier League’s summer transfer window has thus far been aimed at buying young English players. Whether it is Manchester United or their staunch rivals Liverpool, both the English giants have
splashed money on young English born and bred players which is a sign of things to come in the summer transfer window of 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 invested in Andy Carroll in the January transfer window as they paid 35 million pounds for the young Englishman to secure his move from Newcastle United to Anfield. This ideology of buying English players has been kept
up by the Reds in the summer transfer window thus far as well. Liverpool have already dished out 20 million pounds for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stewart-Downing-c34221.
Manchester United have also followed the trend and bought http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813 as the former Watford winger was signed by
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson’s team for mere 15 million pounds as he was in the last year of his contract. Manchester United and Liverpool’s endeavours in the summer transfer market are all by products of the home grown rule which came into place in the English Premier
League last season.
According to this rule, clubs must have eight home grown players in a squad of 25 players for the English Premier League. Both Manchester United and Liverpool are well aware of the fact that there is only a limited amount of English
talent available in the transfer market. Whilst English talent is particularly diluted when it comes to positions such as goalkeeping ones and striking ones, it is best to buy these players where they are a notch above their continental peers’ i.e. in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904
or on the wings.
This search for English talent has also caused an upward surge in English players’ prices in the summer transfer window. Already inflated due to Manchester City’s unhealthy spending habits in the seasons preceding the home grown
rule, the demand has risen for English players which means the price has also risen as per simple economics. Liverpool and Manchester United might now look across the British Isles for other players which can make up their 25 man squad.
Both the teams have made investments with their future in mind. Manchester United have brought in Young and Jones in order to replace their two home grown players i.e. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394. More importantly though, United
and Liverpool have left Manchester City and Chelsea in their wake with their adventures in the early days of the summer transfer window.
Both the clubs will now have to buy foreign players which will present them with a problem given the nature of the home grown rule. It will be interesting to see http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s summer transfer window activities alongside Manchester
City as both the clubs will also have to cater for UEFA’s financial fair play rules which means that they must achieve a break even within their accounts by the 2014/2015 season when the disciplinary regulations come into play. Thus the mantra at the moment
is to buy English and buy young even if it is expensive.
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