Louis Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 The French Football Federation are having a problem, they want more players who go through their INF system and club academies to represent France. At the most recent World Cup, four players from the system were in France's squad whilst 26 were in others. In November the FFF apparently had a gentlemen's agreement to pick only players who were not eligible for another nations national team. They don't want to waste their money and resources training players who opt for other national teams. In essence, they are paying to improve their opponents. Is it racist ? Some media are saying that the FFF don't want black or Arab players which seems a bit of a nonsense to me.They simply want players who come through their system to want to represent France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Wouldnt that rule out 90% of their team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Pretty much. Bacary, Sagna, Sakhou, Koscielny, Nasri, Matuidi, Diarra, Maloud, Djoarkaeff, Malouda, Benzema, Ribery could have played for another country. From what I can gather, there is unhappiness amongst the French that France is represented by people who have are considered/thought not to be considered fully French. I have seen some media complain that sport is a meritocracy and that any quota is racist.It seems the FFF want to limit the number of players with dual-nationality to 1 in 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Incidentally I've just seen France U17's highlights, it seems that 7 or 8 players in the French team are black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 That could have ruled out Henry and zidane, both eligable for other countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead1 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 So it'd be fair to say that the French are the new Republic of Ireland-you can play for them if a parent has been on holiday there! Sounds more like a Platini idea to me and we all know hes a bit of a nobhead nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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