I know this is kinda random but it's been on my mind lately. Which clubs have the fewest Native players on the roster. Or Which team has the most foreign players on the roster?

just off the top of my head, but arsenal does have quite a few internationals. their starting xi only have 2 english players.

Stuttgart from Germany has tons of Germans on their team from what I know.

most smaller teams in European football

I think it's Bolton.

Well in Spain I think its Barcelona or Real Madrid, also Celtic and Arsenal

Chelsea only have 6 Englishmen on their team and Arsenal with 7.

Chelsea have alot of new overseas players and man u has heaps 2.

Barcelona has a lot of people who aren't from Spain.

rangers played their last game in the CL without any Scottish players in the starting 11. Not one.

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
I think it's Bolton.

Bolton have about 7 Englishmen so it could be them.

Originally posted by PScott
rangers played their last game in the CL without any Scottish players in the starting 11. Not one.

yeah thats what struck me :| .not a SINGLE Scottish player. Terrible. :kader:

I thought there was a rule that barred clubs from having certain amount of non-natives on the pitch at once.

no...theres only a rule for the maximum number of Non-EU players you can have on the pitch at a time... no restrictions for Non-native players i believe ... Sadly :(

Originally posted by -William-
Well in Spain I think its Barcelona or Real Madrid, also Celtic and Arsenal

Real Madrid have some players from Madrid...

Raul
Guti
Iker Casillas
Portillo
Pavon
Raul Bravo
etc...

i think other teams cant say the same like Celta or Deportivo in example.

Man Utd's backbone has been built around local Manchester lads, players such as Scholes, Butt, G and P Neville, Giggs (yeah he plays for Wales but his dad played Rugby League up in Manchester and Giggs lived there most of his life and even played for England schoolboys) and Wes Brown

Originally posted by monkee
Man Utd's backbone has been built around local Manchester lads, players such as Scholes, Butt, G and P Neville, Giggs (yeah he plays for Wales but his dad played Rugby League up in Manchester and Giggs lived there most of his life and even played for England schoolboys) and Wes Brown

up.

Chelsea.

Some teams in Belgium are loaded with African talent.

the french squad.

Sir, the French squad is all French. Sir.

zidane is an albanian.
vieira is a senegalese.

they are just all immigrants.

and they don't understand their national anthem.

I was going to say the French squad. :D lol

Originally posted by yim87
zidane is an albanian.
vieira is a senegalese.

they are just all immigrants.

and they don't understand their national anthem. Zinedine Zidane was born June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France. (http://zidanen.free.fr/biografia-en.html)

Vieira yeah. But the whole French team overall doesnt have more foreigners than most other national teams.


Not that i like france or anything.

Originally posted by PScott
Zinedine Zidane was born June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France. (http://zidanen.free.fr/biografia-en.html)
both of his parents were albanian.

But Zidane was born and raised in france. What more does he have to do to be french? Jebus Krikees.

Originally posted by yim87
both of his parents were albanian.
Algerian I believe it is – not Albanian.
Originally posted by BVD-BorussDort
I thought there was a rule that barred clubs from having certain amount of non-natives on the pitch at once.
There used to be a rule saying you can't have more than three foreign players on the pitch. I think that rule was taken away in the mid-90s (does anyone remember exactly when?).

it was due to European legislation. Mid 90s, can't remember exactly when but it was around 1995-1996 I think. I remember because we couldn't play Cantona, Schmeichel, Kanchelskis and Keane in the same team. :D

Originally posted by J.Karlsson
Algerian I believe it is – not Albanian.

Yes


Real Madrid and France playmaker Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants

http://in.news.yahoo.com/030524/137/24kw2.html


Henry, Thuram, Trezeguet, Desailly and so one don't look french to me.

Originally posted by vince15

Henry, Thuram, Trezeguet, Desailly and so one don't look french to me. Why dont they "look" French to you? What's not French about them?

Originally posted by yim87
both of his parents were albanian.

for your logic pires is portuguese...

in portugal, nacional has 15 brazilians in his roster!!:gavin:

Originally posted by PScott
Why dont they "look" French to you? What's not French about them? Let's say I'm sure their grandparents are not French.

Originally posted by Punkt
for your logic pires is portuguese...
yup. he's not a native, that's what this thread is all about.. right?:D

In tomorrow's Old Firm derby the chances are that there will be only one Scot, Celtic's Jackie McNamara. And if Celtic had a fully fit squad then even he wouldn't play.

Originally posted by Punkt
for your logic pires is portuguese...

actually pires is half portuguese. his other half is spanish.

anyways, we've talked about the french national team millions of times. who cares if most of the players' origins are from different countries..more or less former colonies of france. that's like saying, every american player isn't really american.

and what exactly does someone have to look like to be french?

http://www.brunomart.com/frenchman-logo.gif

Yeah Celta and Deportivo have very few players from their homplace

panathinaikos has 10 foreigners 14 greeks

Originally posted by PScott
rangers played their last game in the CL without any Scottish players in the starting 11. Not one.

lol. what can they do since even their best scot player wanted to leave.:D

Originally posted by PScott
Why dont they "look" French to you? What's not French about them? i believe henry has martinique parents as trezeguet has argentinan parents and Thuram was born in gradulope and as Desailly was born in Ghana.

Originally posted by Allen
i believe henry has martinique parents as trezeguet has argentinan parents and Thuram was born in gradulope and as Desailly was born in Ghana.

martinique used to be a colony of france and is now a department and region of france. besides, henry was born in paris, i believe.

i believe trezeguet's parents immigrated to france when he was a kid, and he had a choice to play for argentina or france, and while he was still young, he chose france.

I dont think anyone's getting this... someone said they dont LOOK french.

What exactly do you need to LOOK French?

You get me?

I get it. They are saying that all the black players for france dont look french. Does that sum it up for you.

if they don't open their mouths and have dumb looks on their faces when their national anthem is played, they don't look french.:D

Originally posted by Jedi Mind Trick
actually pires is half portuguese. his other half is spanish.

anyways, we've talked about the french national team millions of times. who cares if most of the players' origins are from different countries..more or less former colonies of france. that's like saying, every american player isn't really american.

and what exactly does someone have to look like to be french? i don't know who said it but some person in the french FA told the press that france did not win the last world cup because they didn't import enough players...:|

Originally posted by yim87
i don't know who said it but some person in the french FA told the press that france did not win the last world cup because they didn't import enough players...:| That doesnt sound right. Maybe he meant import new French palyers into the squad. Because everyone knows the likes of Labeoff(sp?) should not have been there.

i dont think france needed labeuf in the world cup it was the offense that wasnt clicking

FC Porto has quite a few Portuguese players on the squad.