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Originally Posted by Tony29.
Little off topic, but since i already started talking about it :
Look at these 8 players from Empoli :
Sebastian Giovinco - on loan from JUVENTUS
Claudio Marchisio - on loan from JUVENTUS
Felice Piccolo - co-owned with JUVENTUS
Rey Volpato - co-owned with JUVENTUS
Lino Marzoratti - co-owned with MILAN
Ignazio Abate - co-owned with MILAN
Luca Antonini - co-owned with MILAN
Nicola Pozzi - co-owned with MILAN
And then we object when someone says that Juve and Milan "own" half of serie A teams  |
Conflict of interest. I know this is a shocking statement, but the FIGC (or UEFA in general) should really put an end to loaning and co-ownership. At the very least loaning should cease between Serie A teams and between serie B teams. The situation is too open to corruption. A young player owned by Milan could be loaned out to a team like Torino. The player explodes and becomes the hottest name in football. Milan eventually plays Torino and the player is in the awkward position of potentially hurting his own boss by playing his best.
The concept of loaning was always strange to me because I'm from the US and our sports teams NEVER "loan" players. Certain sports have lower leagues where young prospects are placed to get experience (NBDL for Basketball, AHL for Hockey, various Minor Leagues for baseball). But you'll never see the NY Yankees sending a player out to the Boston Redsox. You'd never see a LA Laker player being loaned out to the Chicago Bulls. Something about it is just wrong. Where do loyalties lie?