Athletes said that many of them end their careers early ... and confirm:

"Foreign residents" and "lists" threaten the future of emerging players

• A side of a reserve league match between Al-Wahda and Al-Nasr.

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Athletes have strongly criticized the lack of interest in a very important age group, especially for under-23 players, who do not have a chance to play with the first team in their clubs, and therefore their career ends early.

In an interview with Emirates Today, they said, “The teams’ frequent reliance on the resident player, especially the foreigner, as well as the unfairness of the tournament lists for them, deepen the crisis facing them, and thus the future of many of them is threatened. ”

And they said that a large number of their clubs leave the accounts quickly, in exchange for almost total dependence on the foreign resident, and with the exception of those who have very great talent and were able to impose themselves strongly on his team, the others end up in lower teams, and then quickly disappear away from the football career they dreamed of.

They said that the tournament lists, especially since the U-21 championship was adopted, have increased the size of the problem, especially since these players were brought up and developed from childhood in their clubs, and it is their right to continue their career.

Dozens of players, born in 1998 and 1999, face a major crisis in search of an opportunity to play and appear in the first team.

Athletes stress the need for the committees to amend tournament regulations, in a way that allows these players to be given a chance to play, and to preserve their talent from being lost.

"The pyramid is upside down"

Former Al Wasl Media Center director and sports critic, Adel Darwish, affirmed that “building any team in the football world needs an accurate diagnosis, so any transitional phase needs patience, calmness and deliberation, and delaying this matter will be more harmful, even if some teams get Championships, because without paying attention to the smaller groups, the damage will be great in the long run. ”

He added: The reason for not launching the transitional phase is always the negative atmosphere, fear of results and hesitation in decision-making, administrative and technical failure, lack of vision and work in the medium and long term, and in order for this stage to succeed, a clear map and path for each player in the club must be supervised. A competent authority and management.

He also said: “In Emirati football, clubs or teams, we apply the inverted pyramid rule in the policy of escalating Sunni players, and work on the base and training remains mere slogans promoted by clubs and even the federation, but there is no real conviction, so I called it the inverted pyramid.”

He continued: The evidence today is that all our policies and decisions are against the escalation of the players, the latest of which is the resident player’s amendments and the cancellation of the residency requirement for a year. The differences in interest and follow-up are also large, and the budgets allocated are eaten by the first team, and often even crumbs go to the first team, as well as work lacks organization, so coaches are not encouraged. In the first team a lot on the escalation of players, and they prefer the player ready, either from the local market, or foreign professionals.

He also said: "The administrations' view is short and temporary, and they do not depend on long-term work. That is why we say and stress that our clubs do not create players. They are management administrations that are only instantaneous."

Reserve League

The players' agent, Hamad Al-Dossary, confirmed that there is a real crisis facing the ascenders or those looking for an opportunity to be in the first team, and said: “Unfortunately, the reserve league product is very weak, and the age group born in 1998 and 1999 was not taken into account, so the gap has become very large between the youth stage to The stage of the first team, because the youngster did not go into stages before the first team, and the resident player controls the lineup of teams, searches for players from outside, and neglects the club's children.

He added: “It is required to reorganize the reserve league into a U-23 league and organize it well with its media support with television transmission, in order for the young player to have a chance to play, and through such a league, a large number of players will be discovered instead of moving to the talk show stadiums and residential areas. ».

Bylaws amendment

The former sports analyst and director of Al-Nasr team, Khaled Obeid, called for the need to pay attention to the academies sector, and said that “this sector unfortunately features part-time coaches, and it is the last concern of the boards of directors,” indicating that the resident player has come from abroad on the ready.

He said: “The first team now in most teams includes four foreign players and two resident players, and four experienced players are paid, and therefore there is no space or time to involve any other player, so it was necessary to change the reserve league system, and the Arabian Gulf Cup championship. Forcing clubs to include three main players under 23 years old, and the current season has changed the system according to the Corona pandemic, and therefore what is the problem if the Arab Gulf Cup is approved for citizens only, and allowing one or two foreign players only if the clubs want, while adopting their system in the form of groups as it was in Previous, what guarantees players will play a large number of matches this season. ”

Solutions to the emerging players' crisis

- Amending the reserve league system.

- Changing the regulations of the Arabian Gulf Cup.

Establish clear plans for the rising players.

Search for teams and clubs to market players.

The reserve league requires the participation of players under the age of 21, which deepens the crisis of those over the age of 23, and does not participate with its first team.

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