Summer Mercato 2011

[Gabriel426]

i think its since Italy bombed at Euro 2008 it was to stop foreign players coming and taking the places of promising Italians like Abate for instance, so the domestic youth has a chance of coming through.

Still it's a stupid rule though. You just buy players within EU or with an EU passport. It doesn't force clubs to buy Italian players nor to develop them.

Exactly, on top of that, u can buy non EU players from other team in Serie A.

It is almost as stupid as the Winter transfer players rule where if Player A played for Team A in CL, then he can't play for Team B in CL. However, if Team A and B are in the same domestic league, he can play in the same league. That's a double standard.