Blatter: 'Fans back quotas on foreign players'

FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes fans would back restricting the number of foreign players on club teams to five in order to benefit their national sides.

Blatter: 'Fans back quotas on foreign players'

FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes fans would back restricting the number of foreign players on club teams to five in order to benefit their national sides.

The world governing body chief wants there ultimately to be six homegrown players in each side and intends to impose what is known as the six-plus-five rule by 2011.

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