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Teams are buying foreign youngsters these day. As I recall, didn't Sir Trevor Brooking threaten to resign from his position as head of Youth development due to the lack of English Youth players that were coming through. He didn't blame the top managers as he understands that it's their job to sign the best players. I think he also claimed that English 15 year old are, in general, inferior players to foreign fifteen year old.

What can the clubs do? I don't believe Italy is bringing in a new system. The Bosman case has changed International EU employment laws, thus anything they bring in Italy would be unlawful.