DURBAN: FIFA President Sepp Blatter said yesterday he still wanted to limit the number of overseas players in club sides despite opposition from leading clubs and current European Union law.
Blatter has long opposed the loss of local identity at many clubs and has repeatedly called for a limit on the number of foreigners with at least six homegrown players in a team’s starting line-up.
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