The paucity of English opportunity thread

Thomas Cannon.

 

It’s a good job Brandon Williams is not likely to be in any England squad anytime soon he is having a bit of a (Most likely drunk) reaction on Instagram over Man City winning.

Man Utd star blasts ‘nobody wants sloppy seconds’ on Instagram minutes after Man City win Treble https://t.co/MHbhP8piMM

— The Sun Football ⚽ (@TheSunFootball) June 10, 2023

 

The US is open to English players who are interested.

 

I mean I doubt the FA would want a return to the Noughties where the players clash in England camps because they not able to put away club rivalries.

 

the city players would just ask him where his medals are and he'd stfu

 

🚨 Arsenal have reached full agreement with Reiss Nelson over new long term deal, as revealed weeks ago — player verbally agreed, here we go #AFC

It will be valid until 2027 with option for further season.

Club waiting for Reiss to sign asap to avoid new bids from other clubs. pic.twitter.com/O4Oufo91cn

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 11, 2023

 

Not sure what to make of this. Is he gonna play a lot or be another Joe Gomez?

 

I can’t see him starting that much more than he did this season. Most of his starts were in the Europa league where next season it will be the first choice players mostly starting those matches because it will be the Champions League. He needs them to go deep in the CL to get more league starts.

 

Wolves are looking to sell Max Kilman. Will mean Craig Dawson is the only English player who gets regular playing time if they do and they don’t buy Alex Scott. Joe Hodge can’t be far being cap tied by the Irish seniors.

They could easily become English less with all 17 non homegrown slots filled and a few duals, reserves and never eligible for England filling the rest

 

Premier League clubs are considering a spending cap for the first time which would link the amount any club can spend on wages to how much television money is paid to the lowest-placed team. [Times]

— That's Football! (@ThatsFootballTV) June 12, 2023

I wonder if it will push some of the English happy to be bench warmers out to other clubs here and abroad if the wage gap is reduced.

 

Very skeptical this would happen, far too egalitarian. The UEFA's mooted wage cap, which is based on club revenue is by far the most likely, if at all, hence why its a lot of the big clubs pushing for it from UEFA.

 

🗣️@FabrizioRomano on Charlie Patino: "There was the recent revelation that he wanted to leave, and although it’s gone quiet, my understanding is that the situation remains the same: he wants a new challenge and a permanent exit. From Arsenal’s perspective, they would ideally like… pic.twitter.com/4rAIhSEoUD

— Gunners (@Gunnersc0m) June 13, 2023

 

🚨🇳🇴 NEW:

Erik ten Hag and #MUFC have told Norway that Isak Hansen-Aarøen will not join their squad for the U19s European Championship next month. It is on the cards that he will get a chance during pre-season. @FAFiltvedt pic.twitter.com/Kmdtym1sp2

— UtdPlug (@UtdPlug) June 13, 2023

Another player like Garnacho (Who is a very good player none the less) who could take an homegrown slot in the league someday despite never being English eligible. He joined Man United at 16.

 

Despite letting two English players go Liverpool don’t seemingly intend to buy any to replace them.

 

🚨 HUGE NEWS - Rules on foreign players relaxed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Home Office has signed new rules for overseas footballers

Clubs in England can have up between 2 and 4 overseas players without the necessary work permit points.

Basically clubs can sign anyone from 16

— TheSecretScout (@TheSecretScout_) June 14, 2023

 

The Home Office loves immigration more than life itself.

 

At some point a government will want to get the credit for reducing the amount of foreigners in the Pl would bring as the majority of people think the PL has way too few English players. When a major senior failure occurs all politicians will jump on the bandwagon pretty quick.

 

The Premier League is probably our greatest cultural export. It looks like it's going to become more and more powerful in coming years as well, especially if Qatar get United. It's business basically.

I'm not sure that's true. I find most fans don't give a crap about English players. They just want their team to be the best and will enthusiastically welcome any deplorable owner that can offer them that.

I don't think it really moves the dial on English representation anyway so long as the homegrown rules remain the same.

 

The Homegrown rules could change soon due to the UEFA court case and inevitable fact if UEFA amend their rules the league will change as well but I’m not sure what it could change to.

 

Sounds pretty unclear!