>Athletic Bilbao has been known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting players from other Basque clubs like Joseba Etxeberria and Javi Martínez. Athletic's official policy is signing professional players native to or trained in football in the greater Basque Country, which includes Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Álava and Navarre (in Spain); and Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre (in France).[4] Since 1912, Athletic has played exclusively with players meeting its own criteria to be deemed as Basque. This can be seen as a unique case in European football;[5] it has gained Athletic both admirers and critics. The club has been praised for promoting home grown players and club loyalty. The Basque rule does not apply to coaching staff however, with several examples of non-Basque coaches both from Spain and abroad having coached the first team.
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Athletic Bilbao has been known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks...
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he is legally basque
he is the small price you have to pay THEM
to keep things nice
Fuck off racist pos, williams is a proud basque man
He was born and grew up in the Basque country tbf.
ah, they must be like a Basque Ranheim
Isn't this against EU employment rules?
nope. It all depends on the wording
not allowed: "non-Basques can't sign"
allowed: "we will only sign Basques"
you can't ban the second one, since that would violate a lot of ethics including free will and free speech
I remember when England were doing awful there were suggestions we should limit the foreigners allowed in each squad and the response was it would be illegal because of EU law
What a retarded law. It's the fucking same thing
You're a fucking idiot. Re-read Anders post
Yes I understand it thanks you massive prick
Both his parents literally jumped the Melilla fence (I'm not joking). And he was born in Bilbao.
He was named after the priest who helped his parents in Bilbao, that's why he has a Basque name.
WE WUZ BASQANGZ 'N SHIET
his name is Iñaki he's basque as fuck
YOOOOO
>Basque Christian name
>Anglo family name
>Negroid
fucking abhorrent
You ever seen the French National Team? Same concept
>he needs racial coherence to feel safe and have an identity
What a pussy
Would be interested to know how the Basque people view these types desu. Very strong identity, but also quite left wing if I've understood correctly. Does he at least speak Basque, rather than Spanish?
Believe or not the club took him as a kid and even fed him
I assume they're "left wing" in the sense of being pro-union and worker's rights and not being an SJW faggot
I wouldn't say Basques are left wing. The Basque conservative party almost always wins there.
Howard Kendall's book had a lot of really interesting insights on the set up of Bilbao
He used to live at the end of my road
Proper pisshead
Like a basque version of that black guy wearing a kilt because he was born in britanny so he's celtic.
sadly sjw are all over the place in spain anyways here its mostly a traditional kind of political leaning