As there is a lot of funds in football, so many clubs will invest finances on international talent, but these clubs also promote home grown talent.
A club which is well-known for its promotion of local players, performs in the top Spanish league. The club has an unwritten rule which states that they will only sign players who are from or who have learnt their soccer in the Basque region of The country of spain. The Athletic Bilbao president has done well to preserve this rule going in the modern era which is ruled by large international signings. The policy they have implemented does keep on the club out of football transfer rumours but the fans, who are part owners of the team, hold their traditions higher than the need for big money signings. The policy has not held the team back from success either, as they have won the league an entire of eight times.
Back in the 70’s, there just weren't so many foreign footballers participating in the various football leagues; presently on the other hand there are probably more international footballers in leagues like the English leading division than there are home grown footballers. There are many causes for this but one of the main ones in Great Britain is because of the pay structures that are in existence. As the premier division pays footballers such large earnings, it draws in the very best talent from all over the world and that suggests it is much harder for the British footballers to be competitive over such a large pool of players. There are teams in England that do promote young English players however, which is something the Spurs owner pushes for in the youth academy. By promoting younger English talent, it also opens up the possibility of trying to sell them on for big revenue in the transfer market. Leagues will sometimes have a rule that teams must have a specific amount of footballers from inside that country, which is a way of keeping the international side very competitive, but a side effect of this rule is that it blows up the pricing of these home-grown footballers. This rule explains why English footballers football transfers are more pricey than many.
Indeed there are always transfer rumours circulating the sports press, and that has certainly been true about the Italian Serie A. The league this season has been really competitive in the mid table so all of these teams will attempt to add to their particular squads in an effort to overcome their competition next season. The AC Milan owner will hope to hold onto their very best players whilst also adding some top footballers to their lineup in the summer. In specific the clubs will intend to keep on their string of brilliant young Italian footballers they have established over the years. There are many clubs hoping to sign their outstanding Italian goalkeeper, who is a prime example of the team crafting Italian players from a young age.