Foreign loan loophole is closed by Football League
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The Football League has voted to restrict the use of overseas loans after Championship club Watford brought in 10 players from Udinese last season.
Watford, whose owners also own the Italian side, came within a game of promotion, losing the play-off final.
The Football League has limited match-day squads to five loanees, with four from any one club - in line with quotas for domestic loans.
Currently overseas loans are regarded as full transfers, so not limited.
A spokesman for the Football League said, "The proposal was voted for unanimously."
The influx of players from Udinese and Granada, who are also owned by the Pozzo family, into Watford's ranks was after the two teams had drawn 2-2 in February.
The Hornets had named seven loan players in their squad for the match, but only Nathaniel Chalobah, on a temporary deal from Chelsea, counted towards their official loan quota.
Their line-up also included Czech striker Matej Vydra, on loan from Udinese, who scored 22 goals en route to landing the Championship Player of the Year award.
"That gives a licence to people to buy English clubs, chuck all their players over here and have a reserve team," said Holloway at the time.
"What if Barcelona wanted to buy us and play their 'B' team for us? We've got to sort this out."
Watford, who are currently under a transfer embargo until 31 August because of their previous owners' financial irregularities, have said they will try to secure the best of their loan players on a permanent basis for next season.
The Football League, which appointed a working party to look at the issue following complaints, required 51% of their 72 members to vote in favour to change the rules.
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They're owned by the same family who own Udinese. They'll just sign these players instead for £0, and Udinese will sign them back for £0 if they need to.
But as long as they're not loanees, everyone's happy?!
Well done the Football League for getting one thing right in a season Portsmouth got out of a -25 points deduction for next year for no reason, at all.
Probably should end Watford's embargo too really
Deary me, I came onto this board to get away from the childish, pathetic drivel being spouted by LFC fans today.
Seriously this whole YNWA thing at the bottom of their comments is nothing short of 5 year old banter!
All those fans who can't get into Old Trafford could be loaned out to, say, Bury, Rochdale or Accrington.
Then they might all have a legitimate moan with their work colleagues on a Monday morning because they will have actually attended a live match!
Because the aim is to get to the Premiership and these players were not playing for Udinese. Ask Fernando Forestieri where he'd rather be, he signed a 5 and a half year deal with us in January. Once again, I advise you to read the Watford Observer article, our chief executive gives the exact details of why we had so many loans and our aims going forward.
So will you be happy when we sign the majority of the loans (Abdi, Ekstrand, Pudil, Anya, Battochio, possibly Vydra) on frees instead? The only reason we had so many loans was because we didn't have time to sign all the players before the end of the transfer window. Read the latest article in the 'Watford FC' section of the Watford Observer website to see what's happening.
This is a great idea, and hopefully will urge clubs to use their British youth. The PL would benefit by putting something like this, but on signings. So many overseas players can join in a certain period, hopefully allowing youth to come through!
Wake up Premier League.
Former Watford owner Laurence Bassini was banned from football for financial irregularities.
Apparently he still gloats at the club’s failure to reach the Premier League.