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andy_g wrote:i think the spain has a very different work permit policy than the UK and its much easier for young south american players to play there. look at the situation with us and mark gonzalez, where this lad messi (who is a real talent) can go straight in and play for barca. having said that though, he has played for them in europe a few times but only just broken in the team for la liga having got his spanish passport sorted out and so not breaking the number of foreigners rule.
so in spain they still have certain restrictions on foreign players but the market for south american talent will always be more open as there's (nearly) always a way to find enough of a spanish family connection for that second passport.
That makes sense, due to the latin- south american connections...its probably the same with Italy as well.
It is frustrating though because south america constantly produces world class players and not very many end up in England.