>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...
Logan Garcia
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Lincoln Wright
he is legally basque
Ryder White
he is the small price you have to pay THEM
to keep things nice
James Butler
Fuck off racist pos, williams is a proud basque man
Alexander Jenkins
He was born and grew up in the Basque country tbf.
Joseph Carter
ah, they must be like a Basque Ranheim
Ayden Peterson
Isn't this against EU employment rules?
Austin Thompson
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
Nathan Morales
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
Asher Scott
What a retarded law. It's the fucking same thing