Gael Clichy believes restricting the number of foreigners in
English football would not necessarily benefit the game in this
country.
'Foreign quotas' has been a hot topic since Fifa president Sepp
Blatter proposed starting XIs be restricted to just five overseas
stars in order to nurture home-grown talent. But Clichy insists
that a player's nationality is irrelevant; what matters is his
quality.
"The nationality is not the main important thing, it is just the
quality you want your team to play," Clichy told Arsenal TV Online.
"The boss [Arsène Wenger] has made something great here, the way we
like to entertain people, and I am sure that it doesn't matter for
him.
"If you have to see about a player if they are English, French or
Spanish, if he has the quality he will be in his team, and if not
he wont be in his team. Let the manager do the job.
"I think everyone is proud to say they play in the best league in
the world because with all the players here and the English players
we are making something good."
