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Originally Posted by Jim_UK
Of course there are players who would accept a loan move to Empoli. If not then anything lower than mid-table teams in the highest division would be screwed. We know that's not the case as there are loan moves all over the place in all divisions. Of course it would be a little more difficult to find these players, but they'd be there, Empoli scouts would just need to look harder.
I'm sorry Zlat i found your last post really confusing, i'm not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me  |
disagreeing, obviously ... how on earth could you think that I'd ever agree with you, on anything
My main point was that teams that would be able to have enough players to loan out - smaller teams would not be able to sustain a base of players large enough so that they have "extra" for loaning out to other teams - would prefer to send those players on loan to a club from the same championship.
At the same time, clubs that take players on loan, would prefer local players as they know the championship well and carry the "local" mentality too ... getting a foreigner involves a certain period of "acclimatization" - language barrier, different culture, different everything - and by the time the player gets used to his new environment, the loan period is over
To see what I am trying to say is just ask yourself how often do you see an EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga or whatever club take on loan players from other championships ... not very often, right ... and in the few cases it happens, it involves special circumstances - like Baptista to Arsenal in exchange for Reyes to Real M, or a beyond-his-best former star player, who a team like Empoli can afford only on loan (Guardiola to Brescia) and in that case it was actually Barca who were trying to get rid of him anyway they could.