CoreSportgib
4th February 2016
Europe's football market.
Players from Africa, South
America, and other far
flung places, even Korea
have sought to enter our
league. Some successfully,
others not with the same
success. Their entry into
Europe allowing them the
first foothold towards their
dreamed riches in Europe,
for some, for others a
rescue package to ensure
they do not have to return
home. For the clubs taking
them on, a hope of
success, not in the league,
but in the cup, which is
now where the money is as
Lincoln stroll off with the
title.
As one manager said
"its maybe time to learn
from past mistakes, not
everything that is claimed
by players wishing to come
to Gibraltar is necessarily
true. It is time we did learn
to ensure we ignore the
CV's and look at the
football. Too many people
want to come to Gibraltar
and play in Gibraltar. And
they just ain't good
enough."
However, as a former
first division coach pointed
out to Coresportgib, the
problem with Gibraltar is
that even if we tried to
develop our local players
we
would
still
have
problems with attitudes.
You get a team like Europa
and their players get paid,
and they play for that wage.
Many of them know if they
don't get that wage they are
unemployed, so they will
play for it. Here in Gibraltar
most local players have
other jobs, and better paid
jobs than what football
could give them. Whilst
they might dream of
football, their hearts are not
in it as much as those
others
coming
from
outside Gibraltar. Their
livelihoods are not at stake
and it is not their priority,
and unfortunately that is
the reality today. Which is
why we must start at
looking at how we must
start from the grassroots
and provide those jobs for
the younger ones to want
to keep and dedicate
themselves to the football."
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