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FIFA has started talks to require all professional teams to field at least one local young player during matches.
The FIFA Council agreed on Tuesday night to try to have a formal plan within a year after global consultation with interested parties.
The goal is to increase playing opportunities for young players trained by clubs that normally rely on bought and imported talent.
FIFA said it aims for “a regulatory obligation that senior club teams are obliged to always have at least one local player of the U-20 or U-21 category on the field of play.”
Such a rule would be stricter than existing rules in domestic and international club competitions, including the Champions League, which require a quota of local and club-trained players on each squad list.
These types of rules do not impose any obligation on the selection of starting lineups.
Champions League rules require each team to have at least eight places reserved for “locally trained players” among the maximum of 25 total players.
A locally trained player is defined by the organizer of the Champions League, UEFA, as one trained by the club itself or at another club in the same country for at least three full seasons between the ages of 15 and 21.
Information from The Associated Press.
